Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback

Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback

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Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback
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  • Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback
Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback

Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives - Paperback

$56.45
$56.45

by Marianna Torgovnick (Author)

In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions,
fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the
primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields
(anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular
culture), Gone Primitive will engage not just
specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American
jewelry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an
African mask.

"A superb book; and--in a way that goes beyond what
being good as a book usually implies--it is a kind of gift to
its own culture, a guide to the perplexed. It is lucid,
usually fair, laced with a certain feminist mockery and
animated by some surprising sympathies."--Arthur C. Danto,
New York Times Book Review

"An impassioned exploration of the deep waters beneath Western primitivism. . . . Torgovnick's readings are deliberately, rewardingly provocative."--Scott L. Malcomson, Voice Literary Supplement

Back Jacket

In this acclaimed book, Marianna Torgovnick explores the obsessions, fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields (anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular culture), 'Gone Primitive' will engage not just specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American jewelry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an African mask.

Number of Pages: 335
Dimensions: 0.84 x 9.02 x 6.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 13, 1991

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