Henryk Sienkiewicz and Racial-Anthropological Criteria. On the Letters Z wystawy antropologicznej w Paryżu Cover Image

Henryk Sienkiewicz wobec kryteriów rasowo-antropologicznych. O listach Z wystawy antropologicznej w Paryżu
Henryk Sienkiewicz and Racial-Anthropological Criteria. On the Letters Z wystawy antropologicznej w Paryżu

Author(s): Paweł Wiktor Ryś
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Henryk Sienkiewicz; Z wystawy antropologicznej w Paryżu [From the Anthropological Exhibition in Paris]; race; racial-anthropological criteria; Oscar Peschel; anthropological exhibition

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses Henryk Sienkiewicz’s approach to the 19th-century “scientific racism” in his “letters” (press reportage) Z wystawy antropologicznej w Paryżu [From the Anthropological Exhibition in Paris] (1878). The paper proves that the writer’s attitude towards such anthropological criteria as the cephalic index, facial angle, skull volume, and hair shape was significantly influenced by Oscar Peschel’s work The Races of Man and Their Geographical Distribution (1876).

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 67-83
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish