Gone Primitive Savage Intellects, Modern Lives

In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions, fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields (anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular culture), Gone Primitivewill engage not just specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American jewelry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an African mask. "A superb book; andin a way that goes beyond what being good as a book usually impliesit is a kind of gift to its own culture, a guide to the perplexed. It is lucid, usually fair, laced with a certain feminist mockery and animated by some surprising sympathies."Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "An impassioned exploration of the deep waters beneath Western primitivism. . . . Torgovnick's readings are deliberately, rewardingly provocative."Scott L. Malcomson, Voice Literary SupplementTorgovnick, Marianna D. is the author of 'Gone Primitive Savage Intellects, Modern Lives' with ISBN 9780226808321 and ISBN 0226808327.