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Autore |
Wiber Melanie <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Erect men, undulating women : the visual imagery of gender, race and progress in reconstructive illustrations of human evolution / / Melanie G. Wiber |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997 |
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ISBN |
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0-88920-308-3 |
1-282-23328-9 |
9786613811028 |
0-88920-557-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 290 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropological illustration - Social aspects |
Feminist anthropology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-278) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Of Gender, "Race" Progress and Evolution: Human Evolution Reconstructive Illustration -- Contested Knowledge in the Human Evolution Story Field: Man the Hunter versus Woman the Gatherer -- Reconstructive Human Evolution Illustrations: Utilizing Western Art Conventions in a Contested Story Field -- Gender: The Ubiquitous Story Operator -- Conflation and the Significant Other: Racism and Codes of the Primitive -- Window or Mirror? Primates and Foragers: Analogies of the Pre- Cultural Life -- Progress: Inevitable as Moral Rewards-The Ultimate Story Operator -- Lucy as Barbie Doll: Eroticism in the Human Evolution Meta-Narrative -- The Commodification of Human Evolution: Selling a Story Field through Illustrations -- Conclusions and Future Directions for Research -- Figures -- References Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The author provides a deeper understanding of popularized illustrations of human origins and encourages readers to gain a sensitivity to the ways in which Western culture constructs scientific findings that are compatible with its deeply held beliefs and values. |
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