Manchester University Press
Exoticisation Undressed: Ethnographic Nostalgia and Authenticity in Ember? Clothes
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9781526134585
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9781526134585
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Exoticisation Undressed: Ethnographic Nostalgia and Authenticity in Ember? Clothes
$46.02
Exoticisation Undressed is an innovative ethnography that makes visible the many layers through which our understandings of indigenous cultures are filtered and their inherent power to distort and refract understanding. The book focuses in detail on the clothing practices of the Ember? in Panama, an Amerindian ethnic group, who have gained national and international visibility through their engagement with indigenous tourism. The very act of gaining visibility while wearing indigenous attire has encouraged among some Ember? communities a closer identification with an indigenous identity and a more confident representational awareness. The clothes that the Ember? wear are not simply used to convey messages, but also become constitutive of their intended messages. By wearing indigenous-and-modern clothes, the Ember?-who are often seen by outsiders as shadows of a vanishing world-reclaim their place as citizens of a contemporary nation.
| Author: Dimitrios Theodossopoulos |
| Publisher: Manchester University Press |
| Publication Date: Oct 25, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 236 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1526134586 |
| ISBN-13: 9781526134585 |
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