Taming cannibals : race and the Victorians /

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From the dust jacket. In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperial ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal that the nonwhite peoples of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brantlinger, Patrick, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Cannibalism in literature.
Race in literature.
Racism in literature.
Cannibalism > History > 19th century.
Race relations > History > 19th century.
Racial Groups > history
Race Relations > history
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cannibalisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
Cannibalisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Cannibalism.
English literature.
Race relations.
Englisch
Kannibalismus > Motiv
Ethnische Beziehungen > Motiv
Kultur
Literatur
Literatur.
Englisch.
Motiv.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Rassismus.
Kannibalismus.
Rasrelationer > historia > Storbritannien.
Rasism i litteraturen.
Kannibalism i litteraturen.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Epilogue : Kipling's The white man's burden and its afterlives.

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