The myth of the noble savage /
Ellingson, Terry Jay.
The myth of the noble savage / Ter Ellingson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001. - 1 online resource (xxii, 445 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-423) and index.
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.
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 Ellingson makes clear the extent to which the misdirection implicit in this circumstance can enter into struggles over human rights and racial equality.
English.
9780520925922 (electronic bk.) 0520925920 (electronic bk.) 0585389799 (electronic bk.) 9780585389790 (electronic bk.) 1597347671 9781597347679 128275887X 9781282758872 9786612758874 6612758872
10.1525/9780520925922 doi
22573/cttt501j JSTOR
2021696543
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.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GN33 / .E44 2001eb
301/.01
The myth of the noble savage / Ter Ellingson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001. - 1 online resource (xxii, 445 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-423) and index.
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.
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 Ellingson makes clear the extent to which the misdirection implicit in this circumstance can enter into struggles over human rights and racial equality.
English.
9780520925922 (electronic bk.) 0520925920 (electronic bk.) 0585389799 (electronic bk.) 9780585389790 (electronic bk.) 1597347671 9781597347679 128275887X 9781282758872 9786612758874 6612758872
10.1525/9780520925922 doi
22573/cttt501j JSTOR
2021696543
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.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GN33 / .E44 2001eb
301/.01