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oapen-20.500.12657-346352021-11-09T09:06:02Z Anthropology and the Bushman Barnard, Alan geschiedenis antropologie history anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography '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. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. It symbolizes the <br/><br/>perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of <br/><br/>ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other <br/><br/>anthropologists who use this work. This book reveals the impact of <br/><br/>Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public.Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh. 2011-08-09 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:21:50Z 2020-04-01T15:21:50Z 2007 book 390770 OCN: 748210706 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34635 eng application/pdf n/a 390770.pdf http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=1383 Berg Publishers 10.26530/OAPEN_390770 10.26530/OAPEN_390770 d553c67e-4dd4-4b05-9899-5fda875f4b25 780772a6-efb4-48c3-b268-5edaad8380c4 OAPEN-UK 192 Oxford OAPEN-UK open access
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'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. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. It symbolizes the <br/><br/>perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of <br/><br/>ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other <br/><br/>anthropologists who use this work. This book reveals the impact of <br/><br/>Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public.Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh.
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