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The invention of race : scientific and popular representations
- Title
- The invention of race : scientific and popular representations / edited by Nicolas Bancel, Thomas David, and Dominic Thomas.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
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- Description
- ix, 307 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This edited collection explores the genesis of scientific conceptions of race and their accompanying impact on the taxonomy of human collections internationally as evidenced in ethnographic museums, world fairs, zoological gardens, international colonial exhibitions and ethnic shows. A deep epistemological change took place in Europe in this domain toward the end of the eighteenth century, producing new scientific representations of race and thereby triggering a radical transformation in the visual economy relating to race and racial representation and its inscription in the body. These practices would play defining roles in shaping public consciousness and the representation of "otherness" in modern societies. The Invention of Race provides contextualization that is often lacking in contemporary discussions on diversity, multiculturalism and race"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28
- Uniform Title
- Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5231
- ISBN
- 9780415743938 (hardback)
- 0415743931 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013050690
- OCLC
- 858355850
- Title
- The invention of race : scientific and popular representations / edited by Nicolas Bancel, Thomas David, and Dominic Thomas.
- Publisher
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Bancel, Nicolas, editor.David, Thomas, editor.Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5231