Ethnicity, Commodity, In/Corporation (Framing the Global)

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Synopsis
In the economics of everyday life, even ethnicity has become a potential resource to be tapped, generating new sources of profit and power, new ways of being social, and new visions of the future. Throughout Africa, ethnic corporations have been repurposed to do business in mining or tourism; in the USA, Native American groupings have expanded their involvement in gaming, design, and other industries; and all over the world, the commodification of culture has sown itself deeply into the domains of everything from medicine to fashion. Ethnic groups increasingly seek empowerment by formally incorporating themselves, by deploying their sovereign status for material ends, and by copyrighting their cultural practices as intellectual property. Building on ethnographic case studies from Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Russia, and many other countries, this collection poses the question: Does the turn to the incorporation and commodification of ethnicity really herald a new historical moment in the global politics of identity?
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
276 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780253047953
Related ISBNs:
9780253047922
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Indiana University Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
George Paul Meiu
Edited by:
Jean Comaroff
Edited by:
John L. Comaroff

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