دانلود کتاب Mongols in Western/American Consciousness

Examines the influence of medieval conceptions of the Mongols as monsters, how these impressions affected the creation of a 'Mongol' racial category for mankind, what travelers observed and reported while in Mongol domains, the realm of fiction and film, and the field of Mongolian Studies. “. . . a splendid contribution to our understanding of the uses and misuses of the notion of ‘Mongol’ in the West and American in particular. With wit, humor, and sarcasm Kevin Stuart traces the origin of the notions ‘Mongol’ and ‘Mongoloid’ as terms used to designate the racial type of Asians by European and American scientists. . . Stuart’s most telling criticism, however, is directed not at journalists or travelers but at the doyens of Mongolian studies in the US. . . . Nor did some of the handful of surviving Mongolist pundists and prominent members of the Mongolia Society fare any better under Stuart’s close scrutiny of their representations of the Mongols. . . . The parochialism of American Mongolian studies is contrasted with broader and more diverse approaches taken by British and Japanese Mongol specialists.” – Mongolian Studies