Tarzan is still an icon of adventure, because like all adventurers, his actions have universal qualities: doing something previously untried, revealing the previously undiscovered, and experiencing the unadulterated. This volume reflects on various aspects of this phenomenon and discusses contemporary forms of adventure.
Tarzan is still an icon of adventure, because like all adventurers, his actions have universal qualities: doing something previously untried, revealing the previously undiscovered, and experiencing the unadulterated. This volume reflects on various aspects of this phenomenon and discusses contemporary forms of adventure.
Luis Vivanco is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the cultural politics of environmentalism and ecotourism in Latin America. He is author of Green Encounters: Shaping and Contesting Environmentalism in Rural Costa Rica (Berghahn Books, 2006).
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction Robert J. Gordon PART I: THE ADVENTUROUS WORLDS OF SIMMEL AND TARZAN Chapter 2. Simmel and Frazer: The Adventure and the Adventurer Aram A. Yengoyan Chapter 3. Adventure in the Zeitgeist, Adventures in Reality: Simmel, Tarzan, and Beyond Daniel Bradburd Chapter 4. Tarzan and the Lost Races: Anthropology and Early Science Fiction Alan Barnard Chapter 5. Avant-garde or Savant-garde: The Eco-Tourist as Tarzan A. David Napier PART II: EXHIBITIONARY ADVENTURES Chapter 6. They Sold Adventure: Martin and Osa Johnson in the New Hebrides Lamont Lindstrom Chapter 7. Jacaré: Cold War Warrior from the Jungles of the Amazon Neil L. Whitehead Chapter 8. The Work of Environmentalism in an Age of Televisual Adventures Luis A. Vivanco PART III: HIGH ADVENTURES Chapter 9. Five Miles Out: Communion and Commodification among the Mountaineers David L.R. Houston Chapter 10. Crampons and Cook Pots: The Democratization and Feminizations of Adventure on Aconcagua Joy Logan Chapter 11. The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love: The Peace Corps as Adventure Michael J. Sheridan and Jason J. Price Chapter 12. Doing Africa: Travelers, Adventurers, and American Conquest of Africa Kathryn Mathers and Laura Hubbard PART IV: CROSS-CULTURAL ADVENTURES Chapter 13. "Oh Shucks, Here Comes UNTAG!": Peacekeeping as Adventure in Namibia Robert J. Gordon Chapter 14. A Head for Adventure Steven Rubenstein PART V: BRINGING ADVENTURE HOME Chapter 15. Riding Herd on the New World Order: Spectacular Adventuring and U.S. Imperialism Keally McBride Chapter 16. Adventure and Regulation in Contemporary Anthropological Fieldwork David Stoll Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction Robert J. Gordon PART I: THE ADVENTUROUS WORLDS OF SIMMEL AND TARZAN Chapter 2. Simmel and Frazer: The Adventure and the Adventurer Aram A. Yengoyan Chapter 3. Adventure in the Zeitgeist, Adventures in Reality: Simmel, Tarzan, and Beyond Daniel Bradburd Chapter 4. Tarzan and the Lost Races: Anthropology and Early Science Fiction Alan Barnard Chapter 5. Avant-garde or Savant-garde: The Eco-Tourist as Tarzan A. David Napier PART II: EXHIBITIONARY ADVENTURES Chapter 6. They Sold Adventure: Martin and Osa Johnson in the New Hebrides Lamont Lindstrom Chapter 7. Jacaré: Cold War Warrior from the Jungles of the Amazon Neil L. Whitehead Chapter 8. The Work of Environmentalism in an Age of Televisual Adventures Luis A. Vivanco PART III: HIGH ADVENTURES Chapter 9. Five Miles Out: Communion and Commodification among the Mountaineers David L.R. Houston Chapter 10. Crampons and Cook Pots: The Democratization and Feminizations of Adventure on Aconcagua Joy Logan Chapter 11. The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love: The Peace Corps as Adventure Michael J. Sheridan and Jason J. Price Chapter 12. Doing Africa: Travelers, Adventurers, and American Conquest of Africa Kathryn Mathers and Laura Hubbard PART IV: CROSS-CULTURAL ADVENTURES Chapter 13. "Oh Shucks, Here Comes UNTAG!": Peacekeeping as Adventure in Namibia Robert J. Gordon Chapter 14. A Head for Adventure Steven Rubenstein PART V: BRINGING ADVENTURE HOME Chapter 15. Riding Herd on the New World Order: Spectacular Adventuring and U.S. Imperialism Keally McBride Chapter 16. Adventure and Regulation in Contemporary Anthropological Fieldwork David Stoll Bibliography Index
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