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The ones that are wanted : communication and the politics of representation in a photographic exhibition /

The Okiek people of Kenya's forested highlands have a long history of hunting, honey gathering, and trading with their Maasai and Kipsigis neighbors; several decades ago, they also began farming and herding. This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photogr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kratz, Corinne Ann, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tracing Okiek portraits: images, exhibitions, and the politics of representation
  • Producing Okiek portraits: collaboration, negotiation, and exhibitionary authority
  • Imagining audiences: Okiek portraits in Kenya
  • Imagining audiences: Okiek portraits and the United States
  • The final venues: designing and defining interpretation
  • Appendix A. The politics of representation and identities
  • Appendix B. Key relationships represented in Okiek portraits
  • Appendix C. Learning about visitors in Michigan and Georgia.