Bell, Joshua A.

Recreating First Contact

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ISBN 13:: 9781935623144
author:: Bell, Joshua A.
format:: HardBack
publisher:: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2013
Pages:: 275
Dimensions:: 183 mm X 261 mm
Genre:: Social Sciences, Anthropology
Condition:: New
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Recreating First Contact Expeditions, Anthropology, and Popular Culture by Joshua A. Bell, Alison K. Brown, and Robert J. Gordon explores the complex relationships between anthropology, adventure travel, and popular culture in the 1920s and 1930s. During this period, expeditions used new technologies to document untouched places of the globe, presenting themselves as first contact encounters that captivated popular imagination. The narratives generated by these expeditions fed into pre-existing stereotypes about racial and technological difference, shaping popular culture. This book examines how such expeditions impacted the discipline of anthropology from various national perspectives. By tracing the relationships between anthropology, adventure travel, and the cinematic imagination, this volume sheds light on the enduring effects of these expeditions on both their cultural context and the field of anthropology itself.

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