Vision, race, and modernity: a visual economy of the andean image world
Auteur :
Poole, Deborah
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691006451
Date de publication :
12 juin 1997
Dimensions :
25,4 x 19,7 cm
Poids :
397 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the role visual images and technologies have played in shaping modern understandings of race. This book traces the subtle shifts that occurred in European and South American depictions of Andean Indians from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and explains how these shifts led to the modern concept of racial difference.