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Exoticisation Undressed

Ethnographic Nostalgia and Authenticity in Embera Clothes. New Ethnographies

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester, United Kingdom
Published: 25th Oct 2018
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm d 13mm
Weight: 341g
ISBN-10: 1526134586
ISBN-13: 9781526134585
Barcode No: 9781526134585
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Exoticisation Undressed is an innovative ethnography that makes visible the many layers through which our understandings of indigenous cultures are filtered and their inherent power to distort and refract understanding. The book focuses in detail on the clothing practices of the Embera in Panama, an Amerindian ethnic group, who have gained national and international visibility through their engagement with indigenous tourism. The very act of gaining visibility while wearing indigenous attire has encouraged among some Embera communities a closer identification with an indigenous identity and a more confident representational awareness. The clothes that the Embera wear are not simply used to convey messages, but also become constitutive of their intended messages. By wearing indigenous-and-modern clothes, the Embera-who are often seen by outsiders as shadows of a vanishing world-reclaim their place as citizens of a contemporary nation. -- .

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