Representing Others: White Views of Indigenous Peoples - Brossura

Gidley, Mick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0859893545 ISBN 13: 9780859893541

Casa editrice: Univ of Exeter Pr, 1994

Riassunto

Representing Others examines a diverse range of cultural forms in which white novelists, sculptors, diarists, photographers, ethnographers, travel writers and filmmakers have depicted Native American, African, Pacific and Australian Aboriginal peoples. As they were seen by incoming whites who were themselves strangers to the land, they most often appeared incomprehensible, threatening, 'Other'.

The analyses in this book go beyond simply asking questions about the 'accuracy' or otherwise of a work's representation of the culture under discussion. Although the seven authors conform to no single position and adopt a variety of critical approaches, they share a common concern. These essays all propose that if we are to use our own terms to speak of another culture, we must become aware of the problems involved in the act of representation itself.

Contributions by
Anthony Fothergill, Mick Gidley, Richard Maltby, Peter Quartermaine, Stephanie Smiles, Ronald Tamplin and Tim Youngs

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Informazioni sugli autori

Mick Gidley is Professor of American Literature at the University of Leeds.

Mick Gidley is Professor of American Literature at the University of Leeds.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Exeter Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0859893545
• ISBN 13: 9780859893541
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 165
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile