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Loading... The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (edition 2021)by Dan Hicks (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I agree with many of the points but sadly this book is not very well written. Very convoluted and over-the-top in his writing style. The subject matter is so important. I was hoping for something accessible and clear to assign to undergrads, but this book is not it. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of Benin City, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections. The story of the Benin Bronzes sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. In The Brutish Museum, Dan Hicks makes a powerful case for the urgent return of such objects, as part of a wider project of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism. No library descriptions found. |
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