Wild Majesty
Encounters with Caribs from Columbus to the Present Day
Hulme, Peter; Whitehead, Neil L. (eds.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year Published: 1992
Pages: 369pp ISBN: 978-0198122746
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX24916
Essays about encounters with the native inhabitants of the Carribean from the perspective of outsiders, including the first reports of Columbus, French missionaries, English colonial administrators and more modern reports from ethnographers, travel writers and film-makers.
Abstract:
Wild Majesty presents an anthology of writings about the Amerindian inhabitants of the Caribbean, from such diverse sources as the first reports of Columbus, French missionary tracts, the diaries of English colonial administrators, and modern ethnographers, travel writers and film-makers. This written and visual material has been carefully selected to illustrate the developement of non-Amerindian knowledge of and attitudes to the society and culture of the so-called "Island Caribs," who once dominated the whole of the Lesser Antilles and continue to act today as a potent symbol of resistance to, and independence from, the modern nation-state. The volume breaks new ground in the anthropological use of literary and historical sources, as well as providing new translations of better-known texts, and original translations of rare printed works and previously unpublished documents from European archives. This fascinating collection is essential for students of history, cultural studies, and anthropology, and all general readers interested in Columbus, the Caribbean, or exploration.
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