ISBN:
0520222814
,
9780520222816
,
0520222822
,
9780520222823
,
1597347841
,
9781597347846
,
0520924665
,
9780520924666
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (ix, 307 p.)
,
ill. (some col.), maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kratz, Corinne Ann, 1953- Ones that are wanted
DDC:
305.8965
Keywords:
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions
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Portraits
;
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions
;
Portraits
;
Public opinion
;
Public opinion United States
;
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions
;
Attitudes
;
Dorobo (Peuple d'Afrique) Portraits
;
Expositions
;
Dorobo (Peuple d'Afrique) Portraits
;
Expositions
;
Opinion publique
;
Opinion publique États-Unis
;
Dorobo (Peuple d'Afrique) Expositions
;
Attitudes
;
Photographie en ethnologie
;
Photography in ethnology
;
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions Portraits
;
Public opinion
;
Public opinion
;
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions Attitudes
;
Dorobo (African people) Exhibitions Portraits
;
Dorobo (African people) Portraits
;
Dorobo (African people) Portraits
;
Public opinion
;
Dorobo (African people) Attitudes
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
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Photography in ethnology
;
Public opinion
;
Dorobo (volk)
;
Fotografie
;
Tentoonstellingen
;
Publieke opinie
;
Exhibition catalogs
;
Exhibition catalogs
;
United States
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
;
Ausstellungskatalog
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index. - Description based on print version record
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