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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (527 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Social aspects; Archaeology - Political aspects; Archaeology - Moral and ethical aspects; Social archaeology; Ethnoarchaeology; Postcolonialism; Colonization - History; Indigenous peoples; Cultural property - Protection; Archaeology - Philosophy
• Altri autori: LydonJane <1965-> RizviUzma Z. <1973->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of postcolonial archaeology
• ISBN: 1-315-42767-2; 1-315-42768-0; 1-315-42769-9; 1-59874-698-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817636103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Archaeological Congress research handbooks in archaeology.