The Bushman Myth: The Making of a Namibian Underclass

by Robert J. Gordon

Book Overview

The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in South Africa since its original publcation in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in scholarship, including a reconsideration of the film ?The Gods Must Be Crazy?; a discussion of ?expos thnography? and its attendant political/moral positioning; and an examination of the political situation in Namibia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813335817
• ISBN13: 9780813335810
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great discusion of the image and self.

Robert gordons book shows how people in love with the idea of how the bushmen should behave really have no idea of how they actually behave.