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Alfred Cort Haddon : a very English savage / Ciarán Walsh.
Penn Museum Library GN21.H22 W35 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, Ciarán (Curator), author.
- Series:
- Anthropology's ancestors ; v. 5.
- Anthropology's ancestors ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940.
- Haddon, Alfred C.
- Photography in ethnology--History.
- Photography in ethnology.
- Ireland--Civilization--19th century.
- Ireland.
- Anthropologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Civilization.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- History
- Physical Description:
- xv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : BERGHAHN BOOKS, 2023.
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- "An innovative account of one of the least-understood characters in the history of anthropology. Using previously overlooked, primary sources Ciarán Walsh argues that Haddon, the grandson of anti-slavery activists, set out to revolutionize anthropology in the 1890s in association with a network of anarcho-utopian activists and philosophers. His book regards most of what has been written about Haddon in the past as a form of disciplinary folklore shaped by a theory of scientific revolutions. The main action takes place in Ireland, where Haddon adopted the persona of a very English savage in a new form of performed photo-ethnography that constituted a singularly modernist achievement in anthropology. From the Introduction: Alfred Cort Haddon was written out of the story of anthropology for the same reasons that make him interesting today. He was passionately committed to the protection of simpler societies and their civilisations from colonists and their supporters in parliament and the armed forces"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Walsh, Ciarán Alfred Cort Haddon
- ISBN:
- 9781800739826
- 1800739826
- 9781800739840
- 1800739842
- OCLC:
- 1375996523
- Publisher Number:
- 99994631376
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