Against exoticism : toward the transcendence of relativism and universalism in anthropology /

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Imprint:	New York : Berghahn, 2016. ©2016
Description:	vi, 147 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Cultural relativism -- Case studies. Ethnology -- Case studies. Cultural relativism. Ethnology. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10956251

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Other authors / contributors:	Kapferer, Bruce, editor. Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios, editor.
ISBN:	9781785333705 1785333704 9781785333712
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Online version: Against exoticism New York : Berghahn Books, 2016 9781785333712

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Against Exoticism
Chapter 1. On Ethnographic Nostalgia: Exoticizing and De-exoticizing the Emberá, for Example
Chapter 2. Between Tristes Tropiques and Cultural Creativity: Modern Times and the Vanishing Primitive
Chapter 3. The Exotic Albatross: Exotic Indians, Exotic Theory
Chapter 4. Living the Li(f)e: Negotiating Paradise in Southern Sri Lanka
Chapter 5. Bahia of All Saints, Enchantments, and Dreams: Female Tourists, Capoeira Practitioners, and the Exotic
Chapter 6. From Primitive to Culturally Distinct: Patachitra and Self-Exoticization in West Bengal
Afterword Lessons of the Exotic
Index

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