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Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human - Surekha Davies - Bog

- New Worlds, Maps and Monsters

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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
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 380
  • Udgivet:
  • 2. juni 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 254x185x25 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 816 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 6. 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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