Masks of difference: cultural representations in literature, anthropology and art

Citation

Richards D (1995) Masks of difference: cultural representations in literature, anthropology and art. Cultural Margins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/co/academic/subjects/literature/literary-theory/masks-difference-cultural-representations-literature-anthropology-and-art

Abstract
David Richards examines historical anthropological discourse--specifically writings about and depictions of "savage" peoples by conquering races--as a form of textual practice. Masks of Difference provides detailed readings of individual representations, both artistic and literary, of colonization, including Florida (1564-90) and Scotland (1814), together with extended surveys. What emerges is a composite picture of anthropological representation as a textual genre in its own right, embracing literature, literary theory and colonial/postcolonial studies.