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Gone Primitive - Savage Intellects, Modern Lives by Marianna Torgovnick |
This exploration of Civilisation's fascination with the primitive starts off well by looking at the preconceptions of early ethnographers and a deconstruction of the Tarzan myth, dipping only slightly when looking at the history of primitive 'art' but faltered for me when looking at attitudes to the primitive in literature (especially DH Lawrence). Never mind, I enjoyed the discussion around Freud and his collection of antiquities so it all ended on a plus for me!
(Clive Yelf - bwl 33 February 2006 ) |
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