The Apotheosis of Captain Cook : European Mythmaking in the Pacific Paperback / softback
by Gananath Obeyesekere
Paperback / softback
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Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages.
Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself.
In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, How "Natives" Think, which was a direct response to this work.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 14 halftones
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:14/12/1997
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- ISBN:9780691057521
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 14 halftones
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:14/12/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691057521