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This book takes as its subject 'embedded ethnographies', that is, writings about other cultures that are embedded in works before anthroplogy as a discipline emerged in 19C. These range from the Homeric epic to texts of the Enlightenment and beyond, with a strong focus on the response to the discovery of the Americas in 16C.

The Ways of the World: European Representations

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      Publisher: Sean Kingston Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2015
      ISBN13: 9781907774362, 978-1907774362
      ISBN10: 190777436X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book takes as its subject 'embedded ethnographies', that is, writings about other cultures that are embedded in works before anthroplogy as a discipline emerged in 19C. These range from the Homeric epic to texts of the Enlightenment and beyond, with a strong focus on the response to the discovery of the Americas in 16C.

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