The Bushman Myth: The Making of a Namibian Underclass
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Book Overview
Images of the Bushman--from the innocent hero of the hit movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy, to "vermin" eradicated by the colonists, to the superhuman trackers conscripted by the South African Defense Forces, and the living embodiment of prehistory for the academic--shape our perceptions rather than the actuality. Looking at this interplay between imagery, history, and policy, Robert Gordon focuses not on the Bushman but on the colonizers' image of them...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813313813
ISBN13:9780813313818
Release Date:August 1992
Publisher:Routledge
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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great discusion of the image and self.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Robert gordons book shows how people in love with the idea of how the bushmen should behave really have no idea of how they actually behave.
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