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Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians by Patrick Brantlinger (review)

Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians by Patrick Brantlinger (review) journal of world history, june 2013 religious thought, identification, and practice, we should welcome such insightful, thorough, and compelling studies of religion (and nationalism) as Faith and Fatherland. nathaniel d. wood University of Kansas Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians. By patrick brantlinger. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011. 288 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Taming Cannibals is the third of a trilogy of monographs addressing the relationship between race and imperialism by Patrick Brantlinger. Using historical case studies and literary analysis tied together by the "savage cannibal" trope, he emphasizes the contradictions of racism. According to Brantlinger, historians, especially prior to the advent of postcolonialism, tend to downplay the pervasiveness of racism in nineteenth-century Britain and its function as the intellectual foundation of imperial expansion. He argues that even the seemingly more innocuous forms of imperialism like the desire to help others through humanitarian work were also "underwritten" by racism (p. 9). The Victorian desire to tame cannibals (i.e., bring civilization to "savages") cannot be separated from racism. Rather than a character flaw revealed in individuals, Brantlinger sees racism as part of the warp and woof of society itself. Thus, Brantlinger criticizes Homi Bhabba for making stereotyping a function http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians by Patrick Brantlinger (review)

Kilcrease, Bethany.
Journal of World History , Volume 24 (2) – Aug 12, 2013
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journal of world history, june 2013 religious thought, identification, and practice, we should welcome such insightful, thorough, and compelling studies of religion (and nationalism) as Faith and Fatherland. nathaniel d. wood University of Kansas Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians. By patrick brantlinger. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011. 288 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Taming Cannibals is the third of a trilogy of monographs addressing the relationship between race and imperialism by Patrick Brantlinger. Using historical case studies and literary analysis tied together by the "savage cannibal" trope, he emphasizes the contradictions of racism. According to Brantlinger, historians, especially prior to the advent of postcolonialism, tend to downplay the pervasiveness of racism in nineteenth-century Britain and its function as the intellectual foundation of imperial expansion. He argues that even the seemingly more innocuous forms of imperialism like the desire to help others through humanitarian work were also "underwritten" by racism (p. 9). The Victorian desire to tame cannibals (i.e., bring civilization to "savages") cannot be separated from racism. Rather than a character flaw revealed in individuals, Brantlinger sees racism as part of the warp and woof of society itself. Thus, Brantlinger criticizes Homi Bhabba for making stereotyping a function

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Published: Aug 12, 2013

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