The Invention of Indigenous America
Material Culture and Transatlantic Imaginaries on Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
Seiten
2026
Anthem Press (Verlag)
9781839995736 (ISBN)
Anthem Press (Verlag)
9781839995736 (ISBN)
This book explores the decolonization of ethnographic collections by analyzing the historical and cultural narratives surrounding artifacts from two Brazilian Indigenous groups and preserved in European museums.
The book presents recent research on the geographical, historical, and semantic trajectories of some artifacts belonging to two Brazilian Indigenous populations, but kept and exhibited in two ethnographic museums in Vienna and Lisbon. Located within the debate on the rethinking and decolonization of ethnographic collections and museums, its main objective is to investigate the role of material culture in the production of a stereotyped imaginary of the Amazonian Indigenous groups Kambeba and Munduruku. On one hand, it analyzes eighteenth-and nineteenth-century chronicles and illustrations produced by the naturalists who collected the objects in question; on the other hand, it pays attention to the perspectives of contemporary members of the local communities on such processes and on the ways in which their heritage has been and is being treated.
The book presents recent research on the geographical, historical, and semantic trajectories of some artifacts belonging to two Brazilian Indigenous populations, but kept and exhibited in two ethnographic museums in Vienna and Lisbon. Located within the debate on the rethinking and decolonization of ethnographic collections and museums, its main objective is to investigate the role of material culture in the production of a stereotyped imaginary of the Amazonian Indigenous groups Kambeba and Munduruku. On one hand, it analyzes eighteenth-and nineteenth-century chronicles and illustrations produced by the naturalists who collected the objects in question; on the other hand, it pays attention to the perspectives of contemporary members of the local communities on such processes and on the ways in which their heritage has been and is being treated.
Anna Bottesi is a post-doc researcher. She makes research on ethnographic collections and Indigenous peoples in Brazil.
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1, 1. Muyraipewa: A Kambeba Board to Deform the Head; 2. Travelling Throughout Brazil: The Viagem Philosophica (1783–1792); 3. Measuring Humanity; Part 2, 4. Feathered Warriors: On Munduruku Hunting Ceremonial Suits; 5. The Austrian Expedition (1817–1835); 6. If Feathers Make People; Conclusion: Living Objects for Living Peoples; References; Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 489 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781839995736 / 9781839995736 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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