Anthropoid
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Anthropoid came from the Greek for "of human likeness". In biology it is used interchangeably with simian to refer to a primate that is not a lemurid, lorisid, or tarsier. In some cultural representations, namely Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes, an "anthropoid" refers to a supposed missing link between humans and apes. Whether understood to be a simian or the missing link, the term "anthropoid" is linked to a history of racism especially in late nineteenth and early twentieth century representations where the "anthropoid ape" represents "metonymically the individual chimpanzee, all threatened species, the third world, peoples of color, Africa, the ecologically endangered earth."[1] Distinguish from:
- Anthropoides, a genus of crane (bird).
- android, a human-like robot.
- Arthropod
Operation Anthropoid was the codename for the assassination of top Nazi Reinhard Heydrich during World War II in Prague.
[edit] References
- ^ Donna Haraway, "The Promises of Monsters: A Regenerative Politics for Inappropriate/d Others." Cultural Studies. Eds. Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, Paula A. Treichler. Routledge: New York, 1992. p.308
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