Anthropology and the Bushman / Alan Barnard.
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. Anthropolog...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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 ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 2007 by Berg Publishers." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) : map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003084594 1003084591 9781000183481 1000183483 9781000186994 1000186997 9781000190113 1000190110 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed June 4, 2020) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh. |