Shawn Rowlands (21 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. In the late nineteenth century, the growing discipline of anthropology was both a powerful tool of colonial control and an ideological justification for it. As European empires and their commercial reach expanded, different populations became intertwined in relationships of exchange and power. Frontier Shores accompanies the exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery and draws from the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Focusing on Oceania-the vast region encompassing Australia, New Zealand, and the tropical Pacific Islands-it examines crosscultural contact and the contest for power between indigenous and non-indigenous people.Many of Oceania's peoples were perceived in mainstream European scientific thought as belonging to humanity's lowest tiers. Although these notions have long since been discredited, Shawn C. Rowlands traces their impact on the development of anthropology, colonial policy, and national identity. Ultimately, Frontier Shores reveals important processes of "othering" and the difficult issue of manufacturing identity and authenticity.…

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426. . 2016. Paperback. . . . .

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Softcover. Condition: New. Larger octovo in wraps, Still in Shrinkwrap: Unread, Unworn, else a NEW copy. Oceania: a very large area involving the Pacific from Australia onward to the Americas. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cambridge, MA / New Haven, CT: Harvard Art Museums / Yale University Press, 2016. First Edition. Quarto (27pp); publisher's stiff white boards with black text wrapping boards and textblock; 227pp; illustrations throughout. Boards bumped, scuffed, and smudged. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Very Good only copy of this exhibition catalog. . …

Paperback. Condition: New. In the late nineteenth century, the growing discipline of anthropology was both a powerful tool of colonial control and an ideological justification for it. As European empires and their commercial reach expanded, different populations became intertwined in relationships of exchange and power. Frontier Shores accompanies the exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery and draws from the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Focusing on Oceania-the vast region encompassing Australia, New Zealand, and the tropical Pacific Islands-it examines crosscultural contact and the contest for power between indigenous and non-indigenous people.Many of Oceania's peoples were perceived in mainstream European scientific thought as belonging to humanity's lowest tiers. Although these notions have long since been discredited, Shawn C. Rowlands traces their impact on the development of anthropology, colonial policy, and national identity. Ultimately, Frontier Shores reveals important processes of "othering" and the difficult issue of manufacturing identity and authenticity.…

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