Hybrids of modernity : anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition / Penelope Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Penelope, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social institutions.

Anthropology.

Nation-state.

Ethnology--Philosophy.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hybrids of Modernity considers the relationship between three Western modernist institutions: anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition, in particular examining the emergence of culture as a commodity.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Anthropology: can we do anthropology when culture and context become self-evident?; The nation state; The universal exhibition: changing relationships between technology and culture; Hybrid subjects: citizens as consumers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-79173-9

0-203-28838-6

1-134-79174-7

1-280-31922-4

0-203-43484-6

9780203434840

OCLC:

171117337