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Title:

DARK TROPHIES
HUNTING AND THE ENEMY BODY IN MODERN WAR

By:

Simon Harrison

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0857454986

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9780857454980

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Publisher:

BERGHAHN BOOKS

Pub. date:

30 June, 2012

Pages:

244

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Synopsis:

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.

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