Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empire, and Anthropology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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Preview — Peoples on Parade by Sadiah Qureshi. At first, such shows tended to be small-scale entrepreneurial speculations of just a single person or a small group.

Peoples on Parade provides the first substantial overview of these human exhibitions in nineteenth-century Britain. Qureshi supports her analysis with diverse visual materials, including promotional ephemera, travel paintings, theatrical scenery, art prints, and photography, and thus contributes to the wider understanding of the relationship between science and visual culture in the nineteenth century. Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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To ask other readers questions about Peoples on Parade , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Sadiah Qureshi asks an important question regarding the relations of ethnology and exhibitionary order; how were the displayed peoples transformed into ethnological material for the purpose of anthropology?

She also provides a broad overview about the usage of advertisements. It mainly examines the representation of people on these promoting materials and its textual narrative that were applied to turn the displayed ones into commodity during the nineteenth century in Britain.

Jul 15, Stephanie McGarrah rated it really liked it Shelves: A fascinating subject, at times Peoples on Parade felt a little dry with that classic academic textbook feel but in the end I had to be generous with the stars.

Usually I am turned off by too much editorial or conjecture, but Sadiah Qureshi had some very interesting things to say about race that can be applied to many topics beyond the 19th century display of people. This is a long quote, but I think its important and I'm glad it was reinforced throughout the writing: Significantly, an example is given showing these kinds of human displays as recently as , when a mock "African village" was featured during a 4 day festival at Augsburg Zoo proving that the display of humans is not merely a racist relic of the past.

Jun 17, Lauren Albert rated it really liked it Shelves: Qureshi narrates the complex and changing role s of the display of human beings in nineteenth-century Britain for entertainment, education or scientific study.

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Dickens was not the only Londoner intrigued by these living "savages": By the end of the century, performers were being imported by the hundreds and housed in purpose-built "native" villages for months at a time, delighting the masses and allowing scientists and journalists the opportunity to reflect on racial difference, foreign policy, slavery, missionary work, and empire. Sadiah Qureshi tells the story of how such shows developed into commercially successful entertainments, their lasting scientific importance, and the diverse ways in which they were experienced and interpreted by the showmen, performers, and patrons.

Through Qureshi's vibrant storytelling and stunning images, readers will see how human exhibitions have left behind an institutional legacy both in the formation of early anthropological inquiry and in the creation of broader public attitudes toward racial difference. The Best Books of Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of Product details Format Hardback pages Dimensions x x Looking for beautiful books?

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