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02165aam a2200349 i 4500 001 923D5F0A6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 140113s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013050690 020 $a 0415743931 (hardback) 020 $a 9780415743938 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)858355850 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d COO $d SILO 050 00 $a GN269 I58 2014 245 04 $a The invention of race : $b scientific and popular representations / $c edited by Nicolas Bancel, Thomas David, and Dominic Thomas. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, $c 2014. 300 $a ix, 307 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in cultural history ; $v 28 520 $a "This edited collection explores the genesis of scientific conceptions of race and their accompanying impact on the taxonomy of human collections internationally as evidenced in ethnographic museums, world fairs, zoological gardens, international colonial exhibitions and ethnic shows. A deep epistemological change took place in Europe in this domain toward the end of the eighteenth century, producing new scientific representations of race and thereby triggering a radical transformation in the visual economy relating to race and racial representation and its inscription in the body. These practices would play defining roles in shaping public consciousness and the representation of "otherness" in modern societies. The Invention of Race provides contextualization that is often lacking in contemporary discussions on diversity, multiculturalism and race"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Race $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Physical anthropology. 650 0 $a Popular culture. 700 1 $a Bancel, Nicolas, $e editor. 700 1 $a David, Thomas, $e editor. 700 1 $a Thomas, Dominic Richard David. 830 0 $a Routledge studies in cultural history ; $v 28. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406020945.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=923D5F0A6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search