Taming Cannibals - Race and the Victorians

In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal that the nonwhite peoples of the world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet...

About the author

Patrick Brantlinger is James Rudy Professor of English (Emeritus) at Indiana University. He is the author of many books, including Dark Vanishings, Fictions of State, Rule of Darkness, and Bread and Circuses.

Summary

In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal that the nonwhite peoples of the world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet...

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Brantlinger
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781501730894
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-3089-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies