Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture

by Lee D. Baker

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century, if ethnologists in the United States recognized African American culture, they often perceived it as something to be overcome and left behind. At the same time, they were committed to salvaging "disappearing" Native American culture by curating objects, narrating practices, and recording languages. In Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture, Lee D. Baker examines theories of race and culture developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822346982
• ISBN13: 9780822346982
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"