Prehistories of the Future - The Primitivist Project and the Culture of Modernism

Examining the emergence of modernism from the fin-de-siecle primitivist project this volume shows how ethnographic materials shaped a variety of high and low discourses (ethnology, social theory, gender construction, classical scholarship, as well as travel photography) at the turn of the century. Illustrated with 98 photographs and drawings.

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Examining the emergence of modernism from the fin-de-siecle primitivist project this volume shows how ethnographic materials shaped a variety of high and low discourses (ethnology, social theory, gender construction, classical scholarship, as well as travel photography) at the turn of the century. Illustrated with 98 photographs and drawings.

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“This is an unusually rich, subtle, and rewarding collection that brings varied approaches to a crucial topic in modern cultural history. . . . The essays recognize the multi-faceted and complicated nature of the fin-de-siècle conundrum of modernism and primitivism.”—Michael P. Steinberg, Cornell University

Product details

• Authors: Elazar Barkan, Ronald Bush
• Assisted by: Elazar Barkan (Editor), Ronald Bush (Editor), Barkan Elazar (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1995
• EAN: 9780804723909
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2390-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 876 g
• Series: Cultural Sitings (Hardcover); Cultural Sitings; Cultural Sitings
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology