Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians

by Patrick Brantlinger

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In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal that the nonwhite peoples of the world could not attain or, at best, could only approximate, yet the "civilizing mission" was viewed as the ultimate justification for imperialism...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501730894

ISBN13:9781501730894

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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