Mallaby’s car: colonial subjects, imperial actors, and the representation of human suffering in postcolonial exhibitions

The iconic photograph of Mallaby’s car shows the wreckage of the vehicle of British brigadier A.S. Mallaby, which was destroyed in Surabaya in Indonesia on 30 October 1945 during the Indonesian uprising against the restoration of Dutch colonial rule. The streets show military vehicles, in control of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Susan Legêne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Open University 2014-10-01
Series:The Open Arts Journal
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Online Access:https://openartsjournal.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/legene_v3_p97-111.pdf