Publication

1998 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

111,250 words, Guess

Page Count

445 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing568885

Classifications

  • DDC305.8/001
  • LCCGN33 .D5 1998

Description

What is the exotic, after all? In this study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of power within the mask of cultural difference. Focusing on the intimate and shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic Others and the practice of anthropology, that profession assumed to be America's Guardian of the Offbeat, she casts new light on gender, race, and the public sphere in America's past and present. Chicago's 1893 Columbian World Exposition and today's college-town ethnic boutiques frame di Leonardo's century-long analysis.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Women in culture and society

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