Theodossopoulos Dimitrios
Theodossopoulos Dimitrios - Exoticisation Undressed Ethnographic Nostalgia And Authenticity In Embera Clothes - Paperback
Theodossopoulos Dimitrios - Exoticisation Undressed Ethnographic Nostalgia And Authenticity In Embera Clothes - Paperback
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Description: Exoticisation undressed is an innovative ethnography revealing the many layers through which our understandings of indigenous cultures are filtered and their inherent power to distort understanding. The study focuses on the clothing practices of the Ember in Panama an Amerindian ethnic group who have gained national and international visibility through their engagement with indigenous tourism. The act of gaining visibility while wearing indigenous attire has encouraged a closer identification with an indigenous identity and a more confident representational awareness among some Ember communities. The clothes that the Ember wear are not simply used to convey but also become constitutive of their intended messages. By wearing indigenous - and - modern attire the Ember - often seen by outsiders as shadows of a vanishing world - reclaim their place as citizens of a contemporary nation. The analysis presented in the book makes visible 'ethnographic nostalgia' the distorting view that the present seems to emerge through the pages of a previous ethnography for example the Ember carrying out their daily chores dressed as their grandparents. Ethnographic nostalgia distorts social reality by superimposing an interpretation of underlying cultural patterns over intentional or purposeful action. Through reflexive engagement Exoticisation undressed exposes the workings of ethnographic nostalgia and the Western quest for a singular primordial authenticity unravelling instead new layers of complexity that reverse and subvert exoticisation.
Title: Exoticisation Undressed Ethnographic Nostalgia And Authenticity In Embera Clothes
Author(s): Theodossopoulos Dimitrios
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Barcode: 9781526134585
Pages: 236 Pages, 68 Black And White Illustrations, 1 Table
Publication Date: 10/25/2018
Series: New Ethnographies
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
Description: Exoticisation undressed is an innovative ethnography revealing the many layers through which our understandings of indigenous cultures are filtered and their inherent power to distort understanding. The study focuses on the clothing practices of the Ember in Panama an Amerindian ethnic group who have gained national and international visibility through their engagement with indigenous tourism. The act of gaining visibility while wearing indigenous attire has encouraged a closer identification with an indigenous identity and a more confident representational awareness among some Ember communities. The clothes that the Ember wear are not simply used to convey but also become constitutive of their intended messages. By wearing indigenous - and - modern attire the Ember - often seen by outsiders as shadows of a vanishing world - reclaim their place as citizens of a contemporary nation. The analysis presented in the book makes visible 'ethnographic nostalgia' the distorting view that the present seems to emerge through the pages of a previous ethnography for example the Ember carrying out their daily chores dressed as their grandparents. Ethnographic nostalgia distorts social reality by superimposing an interpretation of underlying cultural patterns over intentional or purposeful action. Through reflexive engagement Exoticisation undressed exposes the workings of ethnographic nostalgia and the Western quest for a singular primordial authenticity unravelling instead new layers of complexity that reverse and subvert exoticisation.
Title: Exoticisation Undressed Ethnographic Nostalgia And Authenticity In Embera Clothes
Author(s): Theodossopoulos Dimitrios
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Barcode: 9781526134585
Pages: 236 Pages, 68 Black And White Illustrations, 1 Table
Publication Date: 10/25/2018
Series: New Ethnographies
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
