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The Invention of Race: Scientific and Popular Representations

The Invention of Race: Scientific and Popular Representations

Bancel, Nicolas
Thomas, Dominic
David, Thomas

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History, Book 28

AnthropologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0415743931
ISBN13: 9780415743938
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 25 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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.

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