Exotics at home
anthropologies, others, American modernity
Edición de la obra Exotics at home
| Autor | Micaela Di Leonardo |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Chicago Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998 |
| Lugar | Chicago, Ill |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 445 |
| ISBN-10 | 0226472639 |
| OCLC | 38061587 |
| LCCN | 97048475 |
| Serie | Women in culture and society |
| Número de Cutter | L581e |
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.