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The ones that are wanted : communication and the politics of representation in a photographic exhibition / Corinne A. Kratz

Author
Kratz, Corinne Ann, 1953-
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
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.
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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0520222814 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520222816 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520222822 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520222823 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1597347841 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9781597347846 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
0520924665
9780520924666
0585469342
9780585469348
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index.
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