"From savages to soldiers" Igorot bodies, militarized masculinity, and the logic of transformation in Dean C. Worcester's Philippine photographs

This article argues that the photographic and textual portrayals of Igorot headhunters in Dean Worcester's work functioned beyond mere displays of "savage" masculinity. Photographs of Igorot men were the basis of Worcester's civilizational argument, whose logic of transformation...

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Published in:	Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 71, no. 2 (Jun. 2023), 245-274
Main Author:	Fernandez, Juan
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Headhunters Colonies > Administration Igorot (Philippine people) Photographs