The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value

by Michael Herzfeld

Book Overview

The Body Impolitic is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226329135
• ISBN13: 9780226329130
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.7"