{"product_id":"the-return-of-hans-staden-eve-m-duffy-9781421403458","title":"The Return of Hans Staden: A Go-Between in the Atlantic World","description":"\u003cp\u003eHans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account known as the\u003ci\u003e True History\u003c\/i\u003e shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf carefully reconstruct Staden's life as a German soldier, his two expeditions to the Americas, and his subsequent shipwreck, captivity, brush with cannibalism, escape, and return. The authors explore how these events and experiences were recreated in the text and images of the\u003ci\u003e True History\u003c\/i\u003e. Focusing on Staden's multiple roles as a go-between, Duffy and Metcalf address many of the issues that emerge when cultures come into contact and conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn artful and accessible interpretation, \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Hans Staden\u003c\/i\u003e takes a text best known for its sensational tale of cannibalism and shows how it can be reinterpreted as a window into the precariousness of lives on both sides of early modern encounters, when such issues as truth and lying, violence, religious belief, and cultural difference were key to the formation of the Atlantic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eve M. Duffy,Alida C. Metcalf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421403455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421403458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Eve M. Duffy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088209359103,"sku":"9781421403458","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e736f87-f836-4582-96a5-2e0f3e20d85d.jpg?v=1769103663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-return-of-hans-staden-eve-m-duffy-9781421403458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}