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Author:

Kinkel, Marianne.

Title:

Races of mankind : the sculptures of Malvina Hoffman / Marianne Kinkel.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 276 p. : ill. (1 col.), maps (1 col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hoffman, Malvina,--1887-1966.
Hoffman, Malvina,--1887-1966--Ethnological collections.
Race--Exhibitions.
Ethnic groups--Exhibitions.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
Race in art.
Ethnicity in art.
Women sculptors--United States--Biography.
Field Museum of Natural History.--Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall--Ethnological collections.
Century of Progress International Exposition--(1933-1934 :--Chicago, Ill.)--Ethnological collections.
Ethnological museums and collections--Chicago--Chicago--Exhibitions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-261) and index.

Contents:

Initial plans for a physical anthropology display -- Malvina Hoffman as professional artist -- Producing the sculptures and building consensus -- The Hall of the Races of Mankind -- Life beyond the Field Museum : exhibiting statuettes during the 1930s -- Deploying the Races of mankind figures during the 1940s -- Conclusion : retraction and redeployment of the sculptures in Chicago.

ISBN:

0252036247 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252036248 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)708648734

LCCN:

2011012409

Locations:

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)