Vision, race, and modernity
Subtitle: a visual economy of the Andean image world
By: Deborah Poole.
Series: Princeton studies in culture/power/history
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Visual anthropology -- Andes Region; Photography in ethnology -- Andes Region -- History; Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Pictorial works -- History; Race -- Pictorial works -- History
Description: "Long-awaited work analyzes role of visual images and technologies (particularly photography, painting, and drawing) in shaping modern understandings of race in the Andes. This fascinating work documents various depictions of Andean peoples from the 18th - 20th centuries, placing scientific analyses of race within the sphere of the modern visual economy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.