Anthropology and the racial politics of culture

An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Lee D., 1966- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press 2010.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654126406719
Table of Contents:
  • Research, reform, and racial uplift
  • Fabricating the authentic and the politics of the real
  • Race, relevance, and Daniel G. Brinton's ill-fated bid for prominence
  • The cult of Franz Boas and his "conspiracy" to destroy the white race.