ABSTRACT
Drawing together an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, Colonialism and the Object explores the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.
The book includes intensive case-studies of objects from India, Pakistan, New Zealand, China and Africa, all of which were collected by, or exhibited in, the institutions of the British Empire, and key chapters address issues of radical identity across cultural barriers, and the hybird styles of objects which can emerge when cultures meet.
Colonialism and the Object is essential reading for all those interested in post-colonial theory, museum studies, material culture and design history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|117 pages
Institution, object, imperialism
chapter 5|16 pages
Colonial architecture, international exhibitions and official patronage of the Indian artisan
chapter 6|14 pages
Stylistic hybridity and colonial art and design education
chapter 7|13 pages
Race, authenticity and colonialism
chapter 8|16 pages
Domesticating Uzbeks
chapter 9|15 pages
Keys to the magic kingdom
part 2|78 pages
Ethnography and colonial objects