Representing Bushmen: Colonialism & Linguistics in South Africa Moran 2009 HC
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Representing Bushmen: Colonialism & Linguistics in South Africa Moran 2009 HC. — Charles Darwin. Author Shane Moran. It is essential reading for students of colonial history, linguistics, and African studies. South Africa and the Origin of Language. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Representing Bushmen South Africa and the Origin of Language Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Condition Like New (LN) Author Shane Moran Format Hardcover Publisher University of Rochester Press About the Work Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida and Edward Said, Shane Moran demonstrates the central role of literary history to the cultural racism and ideology that fed into apartheid by tracing the ethno-aesthetic figuration of the Bushmen in W. H. I. Bleek's theory of the origin of language. This is a detailed and compelling volume that contributes significantly to current trends in post-apartheid scholarship. It is essential reading for students of colonial history, linguistics, and African studies. Epigraphs from the Text The book opens with two powerful, contrasting quotes that set the tone for the study of human origins and language: "The small strength and speed of man, his want of natural weapons, &c, are more than counterbalanced, firstly, by his intellectual powers, through which he has formed for himself weapons, tools, &c, though still remaining in a barbarous state, and, secondly, by his social qualities which lead him to give and receive aid from his fellow-men. No country in the world abounds in a greater degree with dangerous beasts than Southern Africa; no country presents more fearful physical hardships than the Arctic regions; yet one of the puniest of races, that of the Bushmen, maintains itself in Southern Africa, as do the dwarfed Esquimaux in the Arctic regions." — Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Hé tĩ hĩń ē, ĩ kǎ ( ) |kē|kě, ĩ; aŭ |kạmm-mǎ |kuěītå, aŭ ĩ |kạ̄mmǎ |kí ssã tchuę̄ń, aŭ tchuę̄ńyä |nē ttạ́í |kō ssã, aŭ ||nēīn. (Translation: "He is a person who breaks; because he breaks the string for me; therefore the place becomes like this to me, because the thing is broken.") — W. H. I. Bleek and Lucy C. Lloyd, Specimens of Bushmen Folklore Condition Report This copy is in Like New / Excellent condition. It appears unread or very lightly read. Pages: Clean, crisp, and completely unmarked. No highlighting or underlining. Binding: Tight and square. The spine is uncreased. Cover: Very clean with only minimal handling/shelf wear. J T E N T E R P O R T A L S >>Powered by WonderLister App
