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A Touch of Power: Popular Phrenology in the Tasman World

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dc.contributor.authorRoginski, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T05:19:40Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBetween the mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the cranial science of phrenology shone as a popular practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, mediating between bodies. Phrenologists offered private readings and staged chaotic performances for diverse audiences in what ultimately constituted commentary on the malleability of identity in the colonies.en_AU
dc.identifier.otherb59284936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/160647
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.subjectPhrenologyen_AU
dc.subjectPopular scienceen_AU
dc.subjectLecturingen_AU
dc.subjectTasman Worlden_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_AU
dc.subjectIndigenousen_AU
dc.subjectMaorien_AU
dc.subjectColoniesen_AU
dc.titleA Touch of Power: Popular Phrenology in the Tasman Worlden_AU
dc.typeThesis (PhD)en_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.valid2018en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSchool of History, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.supervisorThomas, Martin
local.description.notesthe author deposited 24/04/2019en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.25911/5cc03b76badc7
local.mintdoimint
local.mintdoiminten_AU
local.request.emailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.request.nameDigital Theses
local.type.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_AU

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