Guardians of the Flutes -...
Autor: Gilbert Herdt
Editora: University of Chicago Press
Assunto: Antropologia
Ano de edição: 1994
ISBN: 0226327493
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Idioma: Inglês
Autor: Michael Taussig
Editora: Routledge
Assunto: Sociologia
Ano de edição: 1992
ISBN: 0415906873
Edição: 1
In his most ambitious and accomplished work to date, Michael Taussig undertakes a history of mimesis, the practice of imitation, and its relation to alterity, the opposition of Self and Other. Drawing upon such diverse sources as theories of Benjamin, Adorno and Horckheimer, research on the Cuna Indians, and theories of colonialism and postcolonialism, Taussig shows that the history of mimesis is deeply tied to colonialism, and more specifically, to the colonial trade's construction of savages. With analysis that is vigorous, unorthodox, and often breathtaking, Taussig's cross-cultural discussion of mimesis deepens our understanding of the relationship between ethnography, racism and society.