There are always at least two 'histories' of encounter or contact,
as each party would tell the story differently, but where and when
is it really the 'first contact' and for whom? This book deploys an
analytical framework developed from Semiotics to have both sides of
the story address each other. It is ethnography of dialogue,
emerging from textual representation by outsiders and its
relationship to visual response and presentations by the Andaman
Islanders that this book aims to present as the critical
'ethnography of history.' The section on Visuality looks at how the
"Other" is incorporated into an organized knowledge-system,
including Ongee myths and songs about outsiders and the early
photographs of tribal people by British settlers and ethnographers.
The section on Materiality concerns the investment in things made,
to influence natural processes or to distinguish the human body,
and discusses how they are transacted between cultures that come
into contact. The concluding section on history addresses
encounters and developments in which the experiences of both tribal
and settler are implicated more thoroughly than in the transaction
of objects. Thus juxtaposing alternative perspectives on change
indicates areas of experience unaccounted for in the dominant
discourse and shows the provisionality of images.
General
| Imprint: |
University Press of America
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2009 |
| First published: |
December 2008 |
| Authors: |
Vishvajit Pandya
|
| Dimensions: |
232 x 154 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
540 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7618-4153-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7618-4153-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780761841531 |
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