{"product_id":"professional-savages-captive-lives-and-western-spectacle-paperback","title":"Professional Savages: Captive Lives and Western Spectacle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoslyn Poignant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 1882 the circus impresario P. T. Barnum called for examples of \"all the uncivilized races in existence.\" In response, the showman R. A. Cunningham shipped two groups of Australian Aborigines to the United States. They were displayed as \"cannibals\" in circuses, dime museums, fairgrounds, and other showplaces in America and Europe and examined and photographed by anthropologists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoslyn Poignant tells the fascinating and often searing story of the transformation of the Aboriginal travelers into accomplished performers, professional savages who survived at least for a short time by virtue of the strengths they drew from their own culture and their individual adaptability. Most died somewhere on tour. A century later, the mummified body of Tambo, the first to die, was discovered in the basement of a recently closed funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio. Poignant recounts how Tambo's posthumous repatriation stimulated a cultural renewal within the community from which he came, exposing the roots of present social and economic injustices experienced by indigenous Australians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoslyn Poignant\u003c\/b\u003e is the author, with Axel Poignant, of \u003ci\u003eEncounter at Nagalarramba \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecurator of \u003ci\u003eCaptive Lives: Looking for Tambo and His Companions, \u003c\/i\u003ean exhibition for the National Library of Australia. She is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Anthropology at University College, London, and member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611926655283,"sku":"9780300208474","price":82.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cm5CbzMyc0JMNGp0U3pzYUU4SWRVZz09.webp?v=1761839721","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/professional-savages-captive-lives-and-western-spectacle-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}