Exoticisation Undressed : Ethnographic Nostalgia and Authenticity in Embera Clothes Paperback / softback
by Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
Part of the New Ethnographies series
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Exoticisation Undressed is an innovative ethnography that makes visible the many layers through which our understandings of indigenous cultures are filtered and their inherent power to distort and refract understanding.
The book focuses in detail on the clothing practices of the Emberá in Panama, an Amerindian ethnic group, who have gained national and international visibility through their engagement with indigenous tourism.
The very act of gaining visibility while wearing indigenous attire has encouraged among some Emberá communities a closer identification with an indigenous identity and a more confident representational awareness.
The clothes that the Emberá wear are not simply used to convey messages, but also become constitutive of their intended messages.
By wearing indigenous-and-modern clothes, the Emberá-who are often seen by outsiders as shadows of a vanishing world-reclaim their place as citizens of a contemporary nation. -- .
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 68 black and white illustrations, 1 table
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:25/10/2018
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- ISBN:9781526134585
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 68 black and white illustrations, 1 table
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:25/10/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526134585
