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Author Harvey, Penelope, 1956-

Title Hybrids of modernity : anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition / Penelope Harvey.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.
Summary Hybrids of Modernity considers the relationship between three Western modernist institutions: anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition, in particular examining the emergence of culture as a commodity.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Anthropology: can we do anthropology when culture and context become self-evident?; The nation state; The universal exhibition: changing relationships between technology and culture; Hybrid subjects: citizens as consumers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Social institutions.
Social institutions.
Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Nation-state.
Nation-state.
Ethnology -- Philosophy.
Ethnology -- Philosophy.
Culture.
Culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Harvey, Penelope, 1956- Hybrids of modernity. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 0415130441 (OCoLC)35445236
ISBN 9780203434840
0203434846
0203288386 (electronic book)
9780203288382 (electronic book)
0203434846
0415130441
041513045X (paperback)