Masked Histories

Name: Masked Histories
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780522877953
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Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander People

By Leah Lui-Chivizhe

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Masked Histories by Leah Lui-Chivizhe delves into the fascinating and often untold narratives of the Torres Strait Islands. It explores the complex interplay between traditional islander cultures and the influences of external forces through history. The book sheds light on how masks, as cultural artefacts, encapsulate rich historical stories and signify resistance, identity, and transformation within these communities.
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You might enjoy this fascinating journey through history if you're intrigued by indigenous studies and the little-known narratives of cultures. This book offers an insightful exploration of the Torres Strait Islander communities, highlighting their resilience and rich cultural heritages through their unique practices and traditions.

Masked Histories

Celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region, Lui-Chivizhe reanimates the masks with their Islander meaning and purpose.

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A celebration of the extraordinary turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait.

Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Displayed as curiosities or art in museums and galleries around the world, the Islander knowledges they held were silenced.

Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region, Lui-Chivizhe reanimates the masks with their Islander meaning and purpose and, in so doing, powerfully recreates the past. Masked Histories advances a vivid new history, uncovering the profound importance of the turtle shell masks to all Islanders and revealing much about the people who created them.

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Masked Histories by Leah Lui-Chivizhe receives praise for its novel and engaging approach, capturing reader interest with its fresh perspective. The book is described as a pioneering cultural history that explores the Torres Strait Islands, focusing on turtle-shell masks to uncover layers of colonial history interwoven with vibrant human narratives.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522877953

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 July 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Australian & Pacific History Education & Reference History & Military Leah Lui-Chivizhe Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Historian and curator Leah Lui-Chivizhe is a Torres Strait Islander with enduring family connections to the eastern and western Torres Strait. Her research focuses on how nineteenth-century collections from the region can be useful for reconnecting Islanders with our pre-colonial histories of human and other-than-human relations. Leah is a postdoctoral fellow in History at the University of Sydney.