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Exoticisation Undressed

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Exoticisation Undressed

By Dimitrios Theodossopoulos

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About the book

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...Show more

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9781526134585

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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Exoticisation Undressed

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Paperback

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