Hrdý bojovník, líná služka a pověrčivý domorodec. Jeden z evropských pohledů na mimoevropskou kulturu

• Authors: Jana Jiroušková

Title variants

EN

A PROUD WARRIOR, A LAZY MAIDSERVANT AND A SUPERSTITIOUS NATIVE. ONE OF THE EUROPEAN VIEWS OF NON-EUROPEAN CULTURE

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on the historical reconstruction of a vision of “exotic” reality. The example chosen is that of former missionary, Martin Bohdan Lány (1876-1941), a man whose determination is documented by the surroundings and the time he lived in. M. B. Lány was a long-term co-worker of the Náprstek Museum to which he sent several hundred objects from 1903 to 1911 from East Africa in the area around Mount Kilimanjaro. His choice of objects influenced the perception of East African culture in Bohemia and contributed to the creation of several stereotypes associated with the local population: a proud warrior or a patient, less intelligent governess. The study is based on an evaluation of the primary sources stored in the archives of the National Museum – Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures.

Keywords

EN

LÁNY MARTIN; CULTURAL STEREOTYPES; EAST AFRICA; EXOTICISM; MISSION; ETHNOLOGY

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19 – 27

Contributors

author

Jana Jiroušková

• Oddělení mimoevropské etnografie Národního muzea – Náprstkova muzea, Václavské náměstí 68, 115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic