Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Couverture rigide

Torgovnick, Marianna

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226808319 ISBN 13 : 9780226808314

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Torgovnick Marianna

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions,
fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the
primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields
(anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular
culture), Gone Primitive will engage not just
specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American
jewelry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an
African mask.

"A superb book; and-in a way that goes beyond what
being good as a book usually implies-it is a kind of gift to
its own culture, a guide to the perplexed. It is lucid,
usually fair, laced with a certain feminist mockery and
animated by some surprising sympathies."-Arthur C. Danto,
New York Times Book Review

"An impassioned exploration of the deep waters beneath Western primitivism. . . . Torgovnick's readings are deliberately, rewardingly provocative."-Scott L. Malcomson, Voice Literary Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226808319
• ISBN 13: 9780226808314
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible