Hans Staden's True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinambá, an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism, and who, as...
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In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinambá, an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism, and who, as allies of the French, were hostile to the Portuguese. Staden's True History, first published in Germany in 1557, tells the story of his nine-month captivity among the Tupi Indians. It is a dramatic first-person account of his capture, captivity, and eventual escape. Staden's narrative is a foundational text in the history and European "discovery" of Brazil, the earliest European account of the Tupi Indians, and a touchstone in the debate on cannibalism. Yet despite its importance, the last English-language edition of Staden's True History was published in 1929. This new critical edition features a new translation from the sixteenth-century German along with annotations and an extensive introduction. It restores to the text the fifty-six woodcut illustrations of Staden's adventures and final escape that appeared in the original 1557 edition. In the introduction, Neil L. Whitehead discusses the circumstances surrounding the production of Staden's narrative and its ethnological significance, paying particular attention to contemporary debates about cannibalism. Whitehead illuminates the value of Staden's True History as an eye-witness account of Tupi society on the eve of its collapse, of ritual war and sacrifice among Native peoples, and of colonial rivalries in the region of Rio de Janeiro. He chronicles the history of the various editions of Staden's narrative and their reception from 1557 until the present. Staden's work continues to engage a wide range of readers, not least within Brazil, where it has recently been the subject of two films and a graphic novel.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Hans Staden's True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil “
Introduction; I. The Warhaftige Historia in Context; II. The Warhaftige Historia and the Spectacle of Violence in Colonial Brazil
Autoren-Porträt von Hans Staden
Neil L. Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of "Dark Shamans: Kanaima and the Poetics of Violent Death" and the editor of "Terror and Violence: Anthropological Approaches" (with Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart); "In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia" (with Robin Wright); "Histories and Historicities in Amazonia"; and "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh." "Dark Shamans" and "In Darkness and Secrecy" are both also published by Duke University Press. Michael Harbsmeier is Associate Professor of History at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark. He is the author of two books in German.Neil L. Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of "Dark Shamans: Kanaima and the Poetics of Violent Death" and the editor of "Terror and Violence: Anthropological Approaches" (with Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart); "In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia" (with Robin Wright); "Histories and Historicities in Amazonia"; and "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh." "Dark Shamans" and "In Darkness and Secrecy" are both also published by Duke University Press. Michael Harbsmeier is Associate Professor of History at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark. He is the author of two books in German.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Hans Staden
- 2008, 314 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Neil L. Whitehead, Michael Harbsmeier
- Verlag: DUKE UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0822342316
- ISBN-13: 9780822342311
Sprache:
Englisch
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"There is no doubt that this volume has returned Hans Staden's narrative to its place as a basic text of European expansion and one of the most important accounts of cannibalism. His 1557 text is important for the wealth of its ethnographic observations, taken at first hand by Staden, and for the narrative structure, which makes it comparable to the journal of Columbus, Raleigh's Discoveries, or Jean de Lery's Histoire." Stuart Schwartz, George Burton Adams Professor of History, Yale University "Neil Whitehead's introduction contextualizes Staden's account with amazing richness. This is the definitive English edition." Mary Louise Pratt, Silver Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University
"I was quite astonished to find out that no version of Hans Staden's account had been printed in English since 1929. Not only is it the earliest eye-witness narrative of the Tupi peoples written by a European; it deals with the heated and enduring debate about the role of cannibalism in human experience." Irene Silverblatt, author of Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World
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