Confronting Colonial Objects: Histories, Legalities, and Access to Culture

by Carsten Stahn

The treatment of cultural colonial objects is one of the most debated questions of our time. Calls for a new international cultural order go back to decolonization. However, for decades, the issue has been treated as a matter of comity or been reduced to a Shakespearean dilemma: to return or not to return. Confronting Colonial Objects seeks to go beyond these classic dichotomies and argues that contemporary practices are at a tipping point.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192868128
• ISBN13: 9780192868121
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"