Name: Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
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Author: Surekha Davies
ISBN: 9781107036673

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Surekha Davies examines how Renaissance illustrated maps shaped ideas about peoples of the Americas, revealing how mapmakers devised detailed images and descriptions that placed peoples within a hierarchy of civility and savagery. Davies shows how ideas about monstrosity were crucial for early modern ethnology and, consequently, for colonial expansion.

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Sprog:
Engelsk

ISBN:
9781107036673

Forlag:
Cambridge University Press

Indbinding:
Hardback

Sideantal:
380

Udgivet:
2. juni 2016

Størrelse:
254x185x25 mm.

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816 g.

Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage.
Forventet levering: 11. december 2024

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Surekha Davies examines how Renaissance illustrated maps shaped ideas about peoples of the Americas, revealing how mapmakers devised detailed images and descriptions that placed peoples within a hierarchy of civility and savagery. Davies shows how ideas about monstrosity were crucial for early modern ethnology and, consequently, for colonial expansion.

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