1st Edition

Cannibal Culture Art, Appropriation, And The Commodification Of Difference

By Deborah Root Copyright 1996
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    The book examines the ways Western art and Western commerce co-opt, pigeonhole, and commodify so-called "native experiences." It raises important and uncomfortable questions about how we travel, what we buy, and how we determine cultural merit.

    Preface -- Fat-Eaters and Aesthetes: The Politics of Display -- The Luxurious Ambivalence of Exoticism -- Conquest, Appropriation, and Cultural Difference -- Art and Taxidermy: The Warehouse of Treasures -- Dreams and Landscapes: The Delineation of Wild Spaces -- The Smoking Mirror -- About the Book and Author

    Biography

    Root, Deborah