Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750-1940

From the 18th century, Oceania became the principal laboratory of raciology for scholars, voyagers, and colonisers alike. By juxtaposing encounters and theory, this magisterial book explores the semantics of human difference in all its emotional, intellectual, religious, and practical dimensions. The argument developed is subtle, engrossing, and gives the paradigm of 'race' its full use value. Foreign Bodies is a model of analysis and erudition from which historians of science and everyone interested in intercultural relations will greatly profit.

Author: Bronwen Douglas
Publisher: Anu Press
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.87lbs
Size: 9.84h x 6.93w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781921313998
ISBN10: 1921313994
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- History | Oceania
- History | Social History

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