The Bushman Myth: The Making Of A Namibian Underclass

by Robert Gordon, Stuart Sholto-Douglas

Overview

The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in South Africa since its original publcation in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in scholarship, including a reconsideration of the film 'The Gods Must Be Crazy'; a discussion of 'expos thnography' and its attendant political/moral positioning; and an examination of the political situation in Namibia, with a close study of the near collapse of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367096304
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2019
Series:	Conflict and Social Change Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Gordon is professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont. Stuart Sholto-Douglas is a doctoral candidate at Rice University. Robert Gordon is professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont. Stuart Sholto-Douglas is a doctoral candidate at Rice University.

Table of Contents

* The Bushmen: A Merger of Fantasy and Nightmare Whats In A Name? * Locating the Bushmen * Bushman Copper and Autonomy * The Incorporation of Bushmen into the World System * Classifying Bushmen: Itinerant Scientists The Colonial Presence * The Imposition of the Colonial State * The Bushman Plague of 1911 * From Policy to Practice * Bushman Hunts and Bushman Gangs The Sacred Trust * South African Rapprochement * Laboring Legitimacy * Beyond the Police Zone: Disrupting the Labor Supply * Extending Administrative Control: Bushmen Reserved * Reaction and Counterreaction * Bushmen Tamed: Life on the Farm * Academics on the Attack: Ethnological Influence on Bushman Policy Bushmen Iconified * Creating Bushmanland: Anthropology Triumphant? * Bushmen Obscured: Farms, Parks, and Reserves * Bushmanland Fabricated * Denouement: Captives of the Image of Wild Bushmen Have We Met The Enemy And Is It Us? * On Vulnerability and Violence * The Culture of Terror and the Inevitability of Violence

Editorial Reviews

Examines the image of the wild African, as created by European colonizers, artists, and scholars; and how the image has impacted the lives of the people it has been imposed upon. Gordon (anthropology, U. of Vermont) delves into the sociology of knowledge that underlies the myth, and the link between perceived role and economic class. Includes some interesting photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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