Masks of Difference: Cultural Representations in Literature, Anthropology and Art

by David Richards

Overview

David Richards examines historical anthropological discourse—specifically writings about and depictions of "savage" peoples by conquering races—as a form of textual practice. Masks of Difference provides detailed readings of individual representations, both artistic and literary, of colonization, including Florida (1564-90) and Scotland (1814), together with extended surveys. What emerges is a composite picture of anthropological representation as a textual genre in its own right, embracing literature, literary theory and colonial/postcolonial studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521479721
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/02/1995
Series:	Cultural Margins , #2
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The satyr anatomised: Venice 1570; 2. Identity and its others: Florida 1564–91; 3. The lovers of Paramaribo: Surinam 1663–1777; 4. Making history: Scotland 1814; 5. 'Do they eat their enemies or their friends?' Cambridge and Bugunda 1887–1932; 6. Causes célèbres in the myths of modernism: Melanesia and Brazil 1895–1970; 7. Third eye/evil eye; 8. Different masks; 9. Masks of difference; Notes; Index.