Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / Surekha Dav...
Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / Surekha Dav...
Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / Surekha Davies, Western Connecticut State University.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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G 2017/6340
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English
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Physical content
xxiii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Renaissance maps and the concept of the human -- Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500 -- Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture -- Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal -- Trade, empires and propaganda...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing. Using sources from Iberia, France, the German lands, t...
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Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / Surekha Davies, Western Connecticut State University.
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Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 24
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/6340
Record Identifier
74VKVGJxAm0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGJxAm0d
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1107036674 (hardback)
9781107036673 (hardback)
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912.09
MMS ID
991024151912502626
