Back to the Stone Age: Race and Prehistory in Contemporary Culture

by Ben Pitcher

Prehistoric human life is a common reference point in contemporary culture, inspiring attempts to become happier, healthier, or better people. Exploited by capitalism, overwhelmed by technology, and living in the shadow of environmental catastrophe, we call on the prehistoric to escape the present, and to model alternative ways of living our lives.In Back to the Stone Age Ben Pitcher explores how ideas about race are tightly woven into the powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228014514
• ISBN13: 9780228014515
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 304 Pages