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Peoples on parade: exhibitions, empire, and anthropology in nineteenth-century Britain

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In May 1853, Charles Dickens paid a visit to the 'savages at Hyde Park Corner,' an exhibition of 13 Zulus performing cultural rites ranging from songs & dances to a 'witch-hunt' & marriage ceremony.

This text explores this & similar phenomena that fascinated 19th century Londoners.

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University of Chicago Press
0226700984 / 9780226700984
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
09/09/2011
English
377 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Description based on print version record.