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Vision, race, and modernity : a visual economy of the Andean image world / Deborah Poole.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poole, Deborah, author.
- Series:
- Princeton studies in culture/power/history ; Volume 13.
- Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History ; Volume 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Visual anthropology--Andes Region.
- Visual anthropology.
- Photography in ethnology--Andes Region--History.
- Photography in ethnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "Long-awaited work analyzes role of visual images and technologies (particularly photography, painting, and drawing) in shaping modern understandings of race in the Andes. This fascinating work documents various depictions of Andean peoples from the 18th - 20th centuries, placing scientific analyses of race within the sphere of the modern visual economy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
- Contents:
- The Inca operatic
- An economy of vision
- A one-eyed gaze
- Equivalent images
- The face of a nation
- The New Indians
- Negotiating modernity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691234649
- 0691234647
- OCLC:
- 1261365684
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