Journal article
Cannibalism & politics: The English Renaissance revisited
- Abstract:
- This article explores how anthropological approaches to Anglo‐Native American exchanges in the 16th and 17th centuries – thinking through and beyond terms like ‘cannibal’ – can draw attention to different facets of encounter and shed light on the influence of indigeneity on English heritage. Using the Englishman Anthony Knivet’s travels to Brazil in the 1590s as a case study, what emerges is the importance of interdisciplinary approaches which acknowledge the complicated and at times surprising interactions between representations and lived experience, between rituals and their appropriations. Further, acknowledging the influence of indigenous American people and artefacts on English history has important implications for addressing the legacy of imperialism in cultural institutions, opening up new possibilities for collaboration, display and reconciliation.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 354.1KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/1467-8322.12517
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Anthropology Today More from this journal
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 18-20
- Publication date:
- 2019-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-8322
- ISSN:
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0268-540X
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1130293
- Local pid:
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pubs:1130293
- Deposit date:
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2020-09-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Royal Anthropological Institute
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © RAI 2019
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12517
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