Main entry:

Hicks, Dan, 1972- author.

Title & Author:

The Brutish Museums : the Benin Bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution / Dan Hicks.

Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2020.

Description:

xvii, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Gun That Shoots Twice -- A Theory of Taking -- Necrography -- White Projection -- World War Zero -- Corporate-Militarist Colonialism -- War on Terror -- The Benin-Niger-Soudan Expedition -- The Sacking of Benin City -- Democide -- Iconoclasm -- Looting -- Necrology -- 'The Museum of Weapons, etc.' -- Chronopolitics -- A Declaration of War -- A Negative Moment -- Ten Thousand Unfinished Events -- Afterword: A Decade of Returns.

Summary:

"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"--Publisher's description

ISBN:

0745341764 (hardback)
9780745341767 (hardback)
(ePub ebook)
9781786806840
(PDF ebook)
9781786806833
(ebook)
9781786806857

Subject:

Museums Acquisitions Moral and ethical aspects.
Museums Acquisitions Europe, Western History.
Museums Acquisitions Case studies.
Bronzes Nigeria Benin (Kingdom)
Museums Europe, Western Acquisition History.
Bronzes Nigeria Benin.
Museums Acquisition Moral and ethical aspects.
Colonialism
Ethnic Violence
Museums ethics
Musées Acquisitions Aspect moral.
Musées Acquisitions Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Musées Acquisitions Études de cas.
Bronzes Nigeria Bénin (Royaume)
Musées Europe de l'Ouest Acquisition Histoire.
Musées Acquisition Aspect moral.
Bronzes
Museums Acquisitions
Benin (Kingdom) Violence against.
Nigeria Benin
Africa Benin (Kingdom)
Western Europe

Form/genre:

Case Reports
Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319299
Call No.: 319299
Copy: 1
Status: Available