Taming Cannibals Race and the Victorians |
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| Author:
| Brantlinger, Patrick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-5019-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist 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 world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet...
In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist 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 world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet...