| ISBN |
9781941792070 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Rowlands, Shawn C. (author.) |
| Title |
Frontier shores : collection, entanglement, and the manufacture of identity in Oceania / Shawn C. Rowlands. |
| Portion of title |
Collection, entanglement, and the manufacture of identity in Oceania |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
New York City : Bard Graduate Center, 2016. |
| ©2016. |
| Description |
xvii, 108 pages : illustrations, maps, photos ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Frontier Shores: collection, Entanglement, and the manufacture of identity in Oceania held at Bard Graduate Center Gallery from April 22nd through September 18th 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: frontier shores, colonial entanglements -- This hypothetical primitive condition: ethnographic collections and the contemporary stone age -- All is race: anthropology and colonial control -- Doubtful thing: dismissing cultural entanglements -- Conclusion: proper ones would be much better. |
| Summary |
"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 a "contemporary stone age". 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"--Book cover |
| Subjects |
Material culture -- Oceania -- Exhibitions |
| Material culture -- Oceania |
| Acculturation -- Oceania -- History |
| Indigenous peoples -- Oceania -- Ethnic identity |
| Oceania -- Colonial influence |
| Oceania -- Race relations |
| Call number |
2019.266 |
