The myth of the noble savage /

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Ellingson's narrative follows the career of anthropologist John Crawfurd, whose political ambition and racist agenda were well served by his construction of what was manifestly a myth of savage nobility. Generations of anthropologists have accepted the existence of the myth as fact, and Ellings...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellingson, Terry Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Noble savage stereotype.
Noble savage stereotype in literature.
Racism in anthropology > History.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
Bon sauvage.
Bon sauvage dans la littérature.
Racisme en anthropologie > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Noble savage stereotype in literature
Noble savage stereotype
Racism in anthropology
Edler Wilder
Anthropologie
Literatur
De edele wilde.
Mythevorming.
Culturele antropologie.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Colonialism, Savages, and Terrorism; 2. Lescarbot's Noble Savage and Anthropological Science; 3. Poetic Nobility: Dryden, Heroism, and Savages; 4. The Noble Savage Myth and Travel-Ethnographic Literature; 5. Savages and the Philosophical Travelers; 6. Rousseau's Critique of Anthropological Representations; 7. The Ethnographic Savage from Rousseau to Morgan; 8. Scientists, the Ultimate Savage, and the Beast Within; 9. Philosophers and Savages; 10. Participant Observation and the Picturesque Savage.

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