Handbook of postcolonial archaeology
- Publication/Creation:
- London : Routledge, 2016
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Handbook of postcolonial archaeology / Jane Lydon and Uzma Z. Rizvi, editors
- Series Titles:
- World Archaeological Congress research handbooks in archaeology
World Archaeological Congress research handbooks in archaeology.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Lydon, Jane, 1965-
Rizvi, Uzma Z., 1973-
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Archaeology--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Archaeology--Political aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Social archaeology--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Ethnoarchaeology--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Postcolonialism
Colonization--History
Indigenous peoples
Cultural property--Protection
Archaeology--Philosophy
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The archaeological critique of colonization : global trajectories -- Archaeological narratives of colonialism -- Address/redressing the past : restitution, repatriation, and ethics -- Colonial and postcolonial identities -- Strategies of practice : implementing the postcolonial critique.
- Summary:
- This essential handbook explores the relationship between the postcolonial critique and the field of archaeology, a discipline that developed historically in conjunction with European colonialism and imperialism. In aiding the movement to decolonize the profession, the contributors to this volume-themselves from six continents and many representing indigenous and minority communities and disadvantaged countries-suggest strategies to strip archaeological theory and practice of its colonial heritage and create a discipline sensitive to its inherent inequalities. Summary articles review the
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (527 p.)
- General Note:
- First published 2010 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936716848802486
- ISBN:
- 1-315-42767-2
1-315-42768-0
1-315-42769-9
1-59874-698-7 - OCLC Number:
- 793193178
956466678 - Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.4324/9781315427690
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