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The Brutish Museums, the benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution, Dan Hicks

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The Brutish Museums, the benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution, Dan Hicks

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-298) and index

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non fiction

Main title

The Brutish Museums

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dictionariesbibliography

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Dan Hicks

Sub title

the benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution

Table Of Contents

Preface -- 1. The Gun That Shoots Twice -- 2. A Theory of Taking -- 3. Necrography -- 4. White Projection -- 5. World War Zero -- 6. Corporate-Militarist Colonialism -- 7. War on Terror -- 8. The Benin-Niger-Soudan Expedition -- 9. The Sacking of Benin City -- 10. Democide -- 11. Iconoclasm -- 12. Looting -- 13. Necrology -- 14. 'The Museum of Weapons, etc.' -- 15. Chronopolitics -- 16. A Declaration of War -- 17. A Negative Moment -- 18. Ten Thousand Unfinished Events -- Afterword: A Decade of Returns -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Appendix V -- Notes -- References -- Index

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