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Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic

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In Infelicities Peter Mason explores the texts, paintings, drawings, photographs, and museum displays in which the exotic has been represented from the early modern period to the present. He describes the unique iconography that Europeans developed to convey the exotic and the means they employed to display it once artifacts were brought to Europe. In both instances, the exotic object is taken out of its original context and given a meaning and significance it never had; this new meaning and significance, Mason argues, are derived from the imposition of European cultural values and the need to recontextualize the object in a European setting.

Language: English

Pages: 255

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Release: December 15, 1998

ISBN: 0801858801

ISBN 13: 9780801858802

Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic

Peter Mason

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Language: English

Pages: 255

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Release: December 15, 1998

ISBN: 0801858801

ISBN 13: 9780801858802

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