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Back to the stone age : race and prehistory in contemporary culture / Ben Pitcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitcher, Ben, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Human beings--Origin.
- Human beings.
- Popular culture.
- Race.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Prehistoric human life is a common reference point in contemporary culture, inspiring attempts to become happier, healthier, better people. Back to the Stone Age explores how ideas about race are tightly woven into the prehistoric imagination, revealing insights into present-day anxieties and showing that the human past is not set in stone.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Back to the Stone Age
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 | A Turn to Prehistory
- 2 | Becoming Prehistoric
- 3 | Prehistory and the Popular Culture of the Anthropocene
- 4 | Genetic Prehistory
- 5 | Prehistory, Landscape, and Belonging
- 6 | Facing Up to Prehistory
- 7 | Piltdown Man and the Endomorphic Gravel Pit
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780228015628
- 0228015626
- 9780228015611
- 0228015618
- OCLC:
- 1331436978
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