How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example - Couverture rigide

Sahlins, Marshall

 
9780226733685: How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example
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ISBN 10 : 0226733688 ISBN 13 : 9780226733685
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1995

Synopsis

When Western scholars write about non-Western societies, do they inevitably perpetuate the myths of European imperialism? Can they ever articulate the meanings and logics of non-Western peoples? Who has the right to speak for whom? Marshall Sahlins addresses these issues, while building a case for the ability of anthropologists working in the Western tradition to understand other cultures. These questions have arisen over the death and deification of Captain James Cook on Hawaii Island in 1779. Did the Hawaiians truly receive Cook as a manifestation of their own god Lono? Or were they too pragmatic, too worldly-wise to accept the foreigner as a god? Moreover, can a "non-native" scholar give voice to a "native" point of view? The text, "The Apotheosis of Captain Cook", written by Gananath Obeyesekere is critically analyzed by Sahlins, concentrating on the manner and character of Hawaiians.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226733688
ISBN 13 
9780226733685
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
328
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Personne responsable
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9780226733692: How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, For Example

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ISBN 10 :  0226733696 ISBN 13 :  9780226733692
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1996
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