Alfred Cort Haddon : a very English savage / Ciara´n Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walsh, Ciara´n (Curator), author.

Series:

Anthropology's Ancestors Series

Anthropology's Ancestors Series ; v.5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940.

Haddon, Alfred C.

Photography in ethnology--History.

Photography in ethnology.

Anthropologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Ireland--Civilization--19th century.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Ancestral Knowledge

Part I - Becoming an Ethnologist

Chapter 1 - Becoming an Anthropologist

Chapter 2 - Lessons from Utopia

Chapter 3 - Becoming an Ethnologist

Part II - The Skull-Measuring Business

Chapter 4 - Ethnical Islands

Chapter 5 - The Laboratory

Chapter 6 - Fieldwork

Part III - The Fifth Field

Chapter 7 - Tedious Texts

Chapter 8 - The Magic Lantern

Chapter 9 - The Last Dance

Conclusion: A Legacy?

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Walsh, Ciarán Alfred Cort Haddon

ISBN:

9781805393719

1805393715

9781800739833

1800739834

OCLC:

1375999219