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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476843603321

Autore

Baker Lee D. <1966->

Titolo

Anthropology and the racial politics of culture / / Lee D. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [NC], : Duke University Press, 2010

[s.l.] : , : Duke University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4780-9070-7

1-283-03671-1

9786613036711

0-8223-9269-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Race

Culture

Anthropology

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Research, reform, and racial uplift -- Fabricating the authentic and the politics of the real -- Race, relevance, and Daniel G. Brinton's ill-fated bid for prominence -- The cult of Franz Boas and his "conspiracy" to destroy the white race.

Sommario/riassunto

An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends.