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The Meaning of Whitemen: Race and Modernity in the Orokaiva Cultural World New edition
Ira Bashkow
The Meaning of Whitemen: Race and Modernity in the Orokaiva Cultural World New edition
Ira Bashkow
Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes endure in the face of counter evidence. It provides an analysis of whiteness and race in a non-Western society.
328 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps, 4 figures, 1 table
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 17, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780226038919 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 568 g |
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