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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779023803321

Titolo

Handbook of postcolonial archaeology / / Jane Lydon and Uzma Z. Rizvi, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-42767-2

1-315-42768-0

1-315-42769-9

1-59874-698-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 p.)

Collana

World Archaeological Congress research handbooks in archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

LydonJane <1965->

RizviUzma Z. <1973->

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology - Social aspects

Archaeology - Political aspects

Archaeology - Moral and ethical aspects

Social archaeology

Ethnoarchaeology

Postcolonialism

Colonization - History

Indigenous peoples

Cultural property - Protection

Archaeology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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