Anthropology and the Bushman / / Alan Barnard.

• VerfasserIn: Barnard, Alan
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 179 pages) :; digital PDF file(s).
• Notes: "First published in 2007 by Berg Publishers."

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...

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. From Early Encounters to Early Anthropology
• 3. Victorian Visions of the Bushman
• 4. Beckoning of the Kalahari
• 5. Amateurs and Cultural Ecologists
• 6. An Original Affluent Society?
• 7. The Return of Myth and Symbol
• 8. Kalahari Revisionism and Portrayals of Contact 9.
• Advocacy, Development and Partnership 10.
• Representations and Self-representations 11.
• Reflections and Conclusions.