| Exotics at Home: Anthropologies, Others, and American Modernity Contributor(s): Di Leonardo, Micaela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226472647 ISBN-13: 9780226472645 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: In this pathbreaking study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of power within the mask of cultural difference. From the 1893 World's Fair to Body Shop advertisements, di Leonardo focuses on the intimate and shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic Others and the practice of anthropology. In so doing, she casts new light on gender, race, and the public sphere in America's past and present. "An impressive work of scholarship that is mordantly witty, passionately argued, and takes no prisoners."--Lesley Gill, "News Politics" "[Micaela] di Leonardo eloquently argues for the importance of empirical, interdisciplinary social science in addressing the tragedy that is urban America at the end of the century."--Jonathan Spencer, "Times Literary Supplement" "In her quirky new contribution to the American culture brawl, feminist anthropologist Micaela di Leonardo explains how anthropologists, 'technicians of the sacred, ' have distorted American popular debate and social life."--Rachel Mattson, "Voice Literary Supplement" "At the end of di Leonardo's analyses one is struck by her rare combination of rigor and passion. Simply, [she] is a marvelous iconoclast."--Matthew T. McGuire, "Boston Book Review" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| Series: Women in Culture and Society |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.06" W x 9.04" (1.34 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this pathbreaking study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of power within the mask of cultural difference. From the 1893 World's Fair to Body Shop advertisements, di Leonardo focuses on the intimate and shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic Others and the practice of anthropology. In so doing, she casts new light on gender, race, and the public sphere in America's past and present. An impressive work of scholarship that is mordantly witty, passionately argued, and takes no prisoners.--Lesley Gill, News Politics [Micaela] di Leonardo eloquently argues for the importance of empirical, interdisciplinary social science in addressing the tragedy that is urban America at the end of the century.--Jonathan Spencer, Times Literary Supplement In her quirky new contribution to the American culture brawl, feminist anthropologist Micaela di Leonardo explains how anthropologists, 'technicians of the sacred, ' have distorted American popular debate and social life.--Rachel Mattson, Voice Literary Supplement At the end of di Leonardo's analyses one is struck by her rare combination of rigor and passion. Simply, [she] is a marvelous iconoclast.--Matthew T. McGuire, Boston Book Review |