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Exotics at Home: Anthropologies, Others, American Modernity

Exotics at Home: Anthropologies, Others, American Modernity Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition

by Leonardo, Micaela di

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  • Hardcover

In this pathbreaking study, di Leonardo reveals the face of power beneath the mask of cultural difference, focusing on the intimate and shifting relations between popular portrayals of the exotic. 5 line drawings. 20 halftones.

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. xvi, 445, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in Culture and Society, edited by Catharine R. Stimpson. "In this pathbreaking 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 . . . she casts new light on gender, race, and the public sphere in America's past and present." -- dust jacket. Book is in Very Good Condition: a few page corners creased; minor ink notations on 3 pages; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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  • Title Exotics at Home: Anthropologies, Others, American Modernity
  • Author Leonardo, Micaela di
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 007198
  • ISBN 9780226472638 / 0226472639
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 in (23.50 x 15.88 x 3.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs, Ethnology - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97048475
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.800

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  • Library Journal, 05/01/1998, Page 110

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