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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Fairhead, James
- Syntymäaika
- 1962-07-15
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Koulutus
- University of London
University of Oxford - Ammatit
- social anthropologist
- Organisaatiot
- University of Sussex
University of London
University of Oxford
Royal Anthropological Institute
Association of Social Anthropolgists
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Kirja-arvosteluja
Palkinnot
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- Suosituimmuussija
- #346,250
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- 4.2
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- 2
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- 16
Upon returning to New York, Morrell exhibited Dako as a “cannibal” in wildly popular shows performed on Broadway and along the east coast. The proceeds helped fund a return voyage to the South Pacific—the captain hoping to establish trade with Dako’s assistance, and Dako seizing his only chance to return home to his unmapped island. Supported by rich, newly found archives, this wide-ranging volume traces the voyage to its extraordinary ends and en route decrypts Morrell’s ambiguous character, the mythic qualities of Dako’s life, and the two men's infusion into American literature—Dako inspired Melville’s Queequeg, for example. The encounters confound indigenous peoples and Americans alike as both puzzle over what it is to be truly human and alive.… (lisätietoja)