Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation, and the Commodification of Difference

$43.00

ISBN: 9780813320892
Dewey: 701.03
LCC Number: N72
Author: Deborah Root
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Pages: 256
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From nineteenth-century paintings of Arab marauders to our current fascination with New Age shamanism| Root explores and explodes the consumption of the Other as a source of violence| passion| and spirituality.

Description

In Arizona a family buys a Navajo-style blanket to be used on the guest-room bed; across the country in New York| opera patrons weep during the death scene of Madam Butterfly. These seemingly unrelated events intertwine in this examination of the ways in which Western art and commerce co-opt and trivialize American Indian art and imagery. Raising questions about how people travel| what they buy| and how they determine cultural merit| the author discusses topics ranging from 19th-century paintings of Arabic marauders to the current fascination with New Age shamanism| advertising images| and books and films such as The Sheltering Sky.

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Weight 0.86 lbs
Dimensions 9.23 × 6.04 × 0.74 in
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