Taming Cannibals

Autori

• Patrick Brantlinger

Parametri

• Epoca Vittoriana
• Ricerca

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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...

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2019

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