| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Anthropology online
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| Contents |
1. Fat-Eaters and Aesthetes: The Politics of Display -- 2. The Luxurious Ambivalence of Exoticism -- 3. Conquest, Appropriation, and Cultural Difference -- 4. Art and Taxidermy: The Warehouse of Treasures -- 5. Dreams and Landscapes: The Delineation of Wild Spaces -- 6. The Smoking Mirror |
| Summary |
From nineteenth-century paintings of Arab marauders to our current fascination with New Age shamanism, Root explores and explodes the consumption of the Other as a source of violence, passion, and spirituality. This fascinating book raises important and uncomfortable questions about how we travel, what we buy, and how we determine cultural merit |
| Analysis |
Visual arts Sociology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Description based on print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Art and society.
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Art and society
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Exotismus
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Kulturvergleich
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Kulturkontakt
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Kunsttheorie.
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Culturele verschillen.
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Art -- Aspect social.
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Exotisme -- Dans l'art.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019719537 |
| ISBN |
9780429981524 |
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042998152X |
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