{"product_id":"the-brutish-museums-dan-hicks-9780745346229","title":"The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Elliott P. Skinner Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If you care about museums and the world, read this book\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Urgent, lucid, and brilliantly enraged...a long-awaited treatise on justice.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A real game-changer.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A bombshell.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brutish Museums \u003c\/i\u003esits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation, and the decolonization of museums. Since its first publication, museums across the western world have begun to return their Bronzes to Nigeria, heralding a new era in the way we understand the objects of empire we once took for granted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Walk into any western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date, and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Few artifacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes--a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of Benin City, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum, and countless private collections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brutish Museums\u003c\/i\u003e sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation, and the decolonization of museums. Since its first publication, museums across the western world have begun to return their Bronzes to Nigeria, heralding a new era in the way we understand the objects of empire we once took for granted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745346227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745346229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Dan Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050192597247,"sku":"9780745346229","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5db6144-d808-4339-b151-1f44c89fbc0b.jpg?v=1685005776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-brutish-museums-dan-hicks-9780745346229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}