Disappearing Savages? Thoughts on the Construction of an Anthropological Conundrum
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
John W. Burton
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
"From its birth as an amateur hobby, through its inception into professional academia and to the present time, anthropologists have asserted that the primary subject matter of its attention is fast disappearing. The concept of the "disappearing savage," it is suggested here, has provided both a rationale for the existence of social and cultural anthropology as well as a ruse or mirror for our own sense of modernity. From its birth as an amateur hobby, through its inception into professional academia and to the present time, anthropologists have asserted that the primary subject matter of its attention is fast disappearing. The concept of the "disappearing savage," it is suggested here, has provided both a rationale for the existence of social and cultural anthropology as well as a ruse or mirror for our own sense of modernity."
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
1999
توصيف ظاهري
199-209
عنوان
Journal of Asian and African Studies
شماره جلد
34/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5217
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