‘THE SENSES OF PRIMITIVE MAN’: JOSEPH CONRAD, W. H. R. RIVERS, ANDREPRESENTING THE OTHER IN ‘THE END OF THE TETHER’
This article explores the interfaces between the representation of non-European, native peoplesin Joseph Conrad's 1902 short story ‘The End of theTether’ and the anthropology of W. H. R. Rivers. Afteroutlining some of the ethnographic contexts impacting on Conrad's representation ofMalay i...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. - Modern Humanities Research Association, 2009. - 109(2014), 2, Seite 357-374 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2014
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Arts Social sciences Business |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article explores the interfaces between the representation of non-European, native peoplesin Joseph Conrad's 1902 short story ‘The End of theTether’ and the anthropology of W. H. R. Rivers. Afteroutlining some of the ethnographic contexts impacting on Conrad's representation ofMalay indigeneity, I focus on Rivers's ideas about ‘primitivevision’, arguing that these ideas, drawn from fieldwork conducted in parts of the worldthat Conrad knew from his sea years, and current and influential when ‘The End of theTether’ was first published, can be felt in the representation of the other in Conrad'stale. |
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| ISSN: | 22224297 |
| DOI: | 10.5699/modelangrevi.109.2.0357 |