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Gone Primitive : Savage Intellects, Modern Lives
Gone Primitive Savage Intellects Modern Lives Author:Marianna Torgovnick In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions, — fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the — primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields — (anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular — culture), Gone Primitive will engage not just — specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American — je... more »welry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an
African mask.
"A superb book; and--in a way that goes beyond what
being good as a book usually implies--it is a kind of gift to
its own culture, a guide to the perplexed. It is lucid,
usually fair, laced with a certain feminist mockery and
animated by some surprising sympathies."--Arthur C. Danto,
New York Times Book Review
"An impassioned exploration of the deep waters beneath Western primitivism. . . . Torgovnick's readings are deliberately, rewardingly provocative."--Scott L. Malcomson, Voice Literary Supplement« less