Cannibal culture
Subtitle: art, appropriation, and the commodification of difference
By: Deborah Root.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Art and society
Description: From nineteenth-century paintings of Arab marauders to our current fascination with New Age shamanism, Root explores and explodes the consumption of the Other as a source of violence, passion, and spirituality. This fascinating book raises important and uncomfortable questions about how we travel, what we buy, and how we determine cultural merit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.