Full Description
Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel over the past two centuries, exploring its close connections with colonialism, scientific collecting and concepts of race, and how it is a model for violent power relationships between groups.
Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction: Dark Trophies of Enlightened War Chapter 1. Schemas and Metaphors Chapter 2. Hunting and War: the European History of a Metaphor Chapter 3. Bodies and Class in the Age of Revolution Chapter 4. The European Enlightenment and the Origins of Scalping Chapter 5. Skulls and Science Chapter 6. The Collecting Expedition as a Magical Quest Chapter 7. Skulls and Scientific Collecting in the Victorian Military Chapter 8. From Hero to Specimen: Phrenology, Craniology and the Indian Skull Chapter 9. Ethnology, Race and Trophy-hunting in the American Civil War Chapter 10. Museums and Lynchings: Bodies and the Exhibition of Order Chapter 11. Savages on the Frontiers of Europe Chapter 12. Skull Trophies of the Pacific War Chapter 13. Transgressive Objects of Remembrance Chapter 14. The Colonial Manhunt and the Body Parts of Bandits: Hunting Schemas in British Counter-insurgency Chapter 15. Kinship and the Enemy Body in the Vietnam War Chapter 16. Returning Memories Conclusion References Figures Figure 1a:Taboo: wife and sister Figure 1b: Metaphor: wife and crown Figure 2: Metaphoric and taboo relationships between social practices
