{"product_id":"the-brutish-museums-9780745341767","title":"The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 'Best Art Books' 2020 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Essential' - \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly enraged' - \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A real game-changer'- \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew artefacts 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Brutish Museums\u003c\/em\u003e sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation 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 collections of empire we once took for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dan Hicks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780745341767\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20201105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43558719750205,"sku":"9780745341767","price":46.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780745341767.jpg?v=1766615056","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-brutish-museums-9780745341767","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}