Harvey, Penelope, 1956-

Hybrids of modernity : anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition / Penelope Harvey.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

ix, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Hybrids of Modernity considers the relationship between three western modernist institutions: anthropology, the nation state and the universal exhibition. It looks at the ways in which these institutions are linked, how they are engaged in the objectification of culture, and how they have themselves become objects of cultural theory - the target of critics who claim that despite their continuing visibility these are all institutions with questionable viability in the late twentieth century. Through an analysis of the Universal Exhibition held in Seville in 1992, the themes of culture, nationality and technology are explored. Particular attention is paid to how 'culture' is produced and put to work by the national and corporate participants, and to the relationship between the emergence of culture as a commodity and the way in which the concept is employed in contemporary cultural theory. Hybrids of Modernity will appeal to students in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.

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Sevilla Weltausstellung (1992)
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1992 : Seville, Spain)
Exposición Universal de 1992 (Séville, Espagne)
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau)
Expo 1992 Sevilla
Ethnology Philosophy.
Culture.
Nation-state.
Exhibitions.
Ethnologie Philosophie.
Nation.
Expositions internationales.
nations.
culture note.
Kulturanthropologie
Nationalbewusstsein
Wereldtentoonstellingen.
Antropologie.
Natie.
Technologie.
Social institutions.
Anthropology.
Consumption (Economics)
Technology and civilization.
Institutions sociales.

Exhibitions.

Location: Library main 111739
Call No.: ID:96-B2000
Status: Available