Disappearing Savages? Thoughts on the Construction of an Anthropological Conundrum

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" Disappearing Savages? Thoughts on the Construction of an Anthropological Conundrum "
John W. Burton

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1071462
Doc. No	:	LA115091
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852199X00257‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	John W. Burton
Title & Author	:	Disappearing Savages? Thoughts on the Construction of an Anthropological Conundrum [Article]\ John W. Burton
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1999
Volume/ Issue Number	:	34/2
Page No	:	199–209
Abstract	:	"From its birth as an amateur hobby, through its inception into professional academia and to the present time, anthropologists have asserted that the primary subject matter of its attention is fast disappearing. The concept of the "disappearing savage," it is suggested here, has provided both a rationale for the existence of social and cultural anthropology as well as a ruse or mirror for our own sense of modernity. From its birth as an amateur hobby, through its inception into professional academia and to the present time, anthropologists have asserted that the primary subject matter of its attention is fast disappearing. The concept of the "disappearing savage," it is suggested here, has provided both a rationale for the existence of social and cultural anthropology as well as a ruse or mirror for our own sense of modernity."
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852199X00257‬