190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century... Read more
1. Introduction 2. From Early Encounters to Early Anthropology3. Victorian Visions of the Bushman4. Beckoning of the Kalahari5. Amateurs and Cultural Ecologists6. An Original Affluent Society?7. The Return of Myth and Symbol8. Kalahari Revisionism and Portrayals of Contact9. Advocacy, Development and Partnership10. Representations and Self-Representations11. Reflections and Conclusions
Biography
Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh.
