Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians by Patrick Brantlinger

Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians

Patrick Brantlinger

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In Taming Cannibals, Patrick Brantlinger unravels contradictions embedded in the racist and imperialist ideology of the British Empire. For many Victorians, the idea of taming cannibals or civilizing savages was oxymoronic: civilization was a goal...

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