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A compelling examination of Malvina Hoffman’s Races of Mankind. Comprised of 104 life-size bronzes, the Races of Mankind was the largest exhibit on race installed in a museum and one of the largest sculptural commissions ever undertaken by a single artist.
Sommario
List of Illustrations
Series Editors’ Introduction
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. Racial Know-How: Expertise versus Common Sense
Chapter Two. Mediations: Art in the Natural History Museum
Chapter Three. Racial Portraiture: Between Typologies and Common Sense
Chapter Four. Racial Homelands: Popular Geography and Local Races
Chapter Five. Micro-Expertise: Passing for Indian, Passing for White
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Info autore
Linda Kim is an associate professor of American and modern art history at Drexel University.
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A compelling examination of Malvina Hoffman’s Races of Mankind. Comprised of 104 life-size bronzes, the Races of Mankind was the largest exhibit on race installed in a museum and one of the largest sculptural commissions ever undertaken by a single artist.
