The Apotheosis of Captain Cook : : European Mythmaking in the Pacific / / Gananath Obeyesekere.
Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-cons...
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Obeyesekere, Gananath, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Apotheosis of Captain Cook : European Mythmaking in the Pacific / Gananath Obeyesekere. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©1992 1 online resource (336 p.) : 14 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE (1997) -- PREFACE -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- AFTERWORD: ON DE-SAHLINIZATION -- APPENDIX I. The Destruction ofHikiau and the Death of William Watman -- APPENDIX II. Kalii and the Divinity of Kings -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself.In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, How "Natives" Think, which was a direct response to this work. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Ethnology Polynesia. HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh Alcohol addiction. American settlers. Aztecs. Bayly, William (astronomer). Beckwith, Martha. Biography. Borabora (island). Byron, John Captain. Cannnibalism. Ceremonial prostration. Chamisso, Adelbert von. Chariot, John. Clendinnen, Inga. Cowper, William. Davis, Issac. Deification. Dixon, George. Eimeo. Ethnography. European myths. European settlers. Fornander, Abraham. Forster, George. Frazer. Frost, Alan. Godelier, Maurice. Graham, Maria. Grass Cove, resistance at. Hawaiian state. Herod, King. Imperialism. Improvisational creativity. Installation ceremony. Intertribal warfare. Koah, priest. Kurtz persona. Kāne, Hawaiian deity. Lahainaluna seminary. Little, George. Loutherbourg, Jacques de. Mai (Tahitian). Maori people. Missionaries. New Hebrides. Otherness. Polynesian ethnography. Priests. Pseudo-history. Quetzalcoatl. Resurrection and return. Ritual drama. Royal Society. conquistadors. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400843848?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400843848 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400843848.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE (1997) -- PREFACE -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- AFTERWORD: ON DE-SAHLINIZATION -- APPENDIX I. The Destruction ofHikiau and the Death of William Watman -- APPENDIX II. Kalii and the Divinity of Kings -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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