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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0520222814 9780520222816 0520222822 9780520222823 1597347841 9781597347846 0520924665 9780520924666 0585469342 9780585469348 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 photographs of the Okiek through showings at seven venues, including the National Museum in Nairobi and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Kratz tells the story of the exhibition--the stereotypes it sought to challenge, how commentaries by Okiek people were incorporated, and different ways that viewers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |