An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness *

Achebe, Chinua

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“…Chinua Achebe () famously excoriated Conrad's work, particularly The Heart of Darkness , but Nguni wa Thiong'o has recently asked us to look more closely at Conrad's efforts. In reviewing Maya Jasanoff's new Conrad biography, The Dawn Watch (), wa Thiong'o () stresses that the young Conrad had been deeply scarred by his family's sustained fight against Czarist rule over Poland.…”

Section: A Corrective?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Micronesian Ethnography from a Disordered Soul?

Petersen

2019

Anthropology and Humanism

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Micronesian Ethnography from a Disordered Soul?

Petersen

2019

Anthropology and Humanism

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“…The use of a cannibalistic “other” charged with saying something about the savagery of the “West” carries a strong parallel with Chinua Achebe's (1988) criticism of Joseph Conrad. While Conrad's defenders argue that he was inherently anticolonialist, Achebe takes Conrad to task (Achebe ; see also Phillips ) for the hypocrisy of using Africa and Africans as mere tools to say something about colonial authorities. Likewise, generic Amazonian tribespeople are cynically used here to critique apparent flaws in contemporary “Western” ways of life.…”

Section: Cannibalism Anthropology and Heart Of Darknessmentioning

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Anthropologists in Films: “The Horror! The Horror!”

Weston

Lawson

Blell

et al. 2015

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST

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Drawing upon 53 films featuring fictional representations of anthropologists, we explore in this article the popular depiction and perception of anthropology by examining portrayals of the discipline in film. Finding that 26 of the 53 can be categorized as horror films, we examine the role of anthropologists in these films as experts and mediators for seemingly alien "others" and how this lends itself to frequently heroic depictions. We draw parallels between this work and Conradian voyages into the "heart of darkness" as well as ethical dilemmas and controversies involving real anthropologists. We argue that this body of work represents an excellent opportunity for anthropological teaching while we also implore anthropologists to play more active roles in shaping public perception of the discipline in regard to both analysis and production. [anthropologists, movies, fiction, horror, films, anthropology discipline, engaged anthropology, ethics] RESUMEN Basados en 53 filmes enfatizando representaciones inventadas de antropólogos, exploramos en este artículo la descripción popular y la percepción de la antropología a través de examinar las representaciones de la disciplina en filme. Encontrando que 26 de los 53 pueden ser categorizados como filmes de horror, examinamos el rol de los antropólogos en estos filmes como expertos y mediadores por aparentemente foráneos "otros" y cómo esto se presta en sí mismo a representaciones heroicas frecuentemente. Trazamos paralelos entreéste trabajo y viajes Conradianos al "corazón de la oscuridad" así como dilemaséticos y controversias envolviendo antropólogos reales.Argumentamos que este cuerpo de trabajo representa una excelente oportunidad para la enseñanza antropológica mientras que también imploramos a los antropólogos jugar roles más activos moldeando la percepción pública de la disciplina con relación tanto al análisis cómo a la producción. [antropólogos, películas, ficción, horror, filmes, disciplina de la antropología, antropología comprometida,ética].

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“…Humans are coming.” Introducing parallels to Conrad's novella, this episode inverts the strange journey of Conrad's narrator, Marlow, who is transported, in his own words, “to the earliest beginnings of the world” (35) when he sails up the Congo River. There, in the infamous “heart of darkness,” he encounters a prehistoric savagery that some critics (most famously Achebe) have found offensive and others (such as Said) intentionally ironic. The savagery that the Doctor encounters, however, is not at the beginning of the world among Africans but at the end of the universe among aliens.…”

Section: The End Of the Universementioning

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It's the Master! (Step in Time): Hearts of Darkness and Postcolonial Paradoxes in Doctor Who

Mafe¹

2015

The J of Popular Culture

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An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness *

Cited by 40 publications

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Micronesian Ethnography from a Disordered Soul?

Micronesian Ethnography from a Disordered Soul?

Anthropologists in Films: “The Horror! The Horror!”

It's the Master! (Step in Time): Hearts of Darkness and Postcolonial Paradoxes in Doctor Who

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