Prehistories of the Future: The Primitivist Project and the Culture of Modernism (Cultural Sitings) - Hardcover

 
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Examining the emergence of modernism from the fin-de-siècle primitivist project this volume shows how ethnographic materials shaped a variety of high and low discourses (ethnology, social theory, gender construction, classical scholarship, as well as travel photography) at the turn of the century. Illustrated with 98 photographs and drawings.

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"This is an unusually rich, subtle, and rewarding collection that brings varied approaches to a crucial topic in modern cultural history. . . . The essays recognize the multi-faceted and complicated nature of the fin-de-siècle conundrum of modernism and primitivism."--Michael P. Steinberg, Cornell University

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ISBN 10:  0804724865 ISBN 13:  9780804724869
Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1995
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