INTRO
“A decade ago, while I was carrying out doctoral research in Paris on the relationships between photography and anthropology, I had the opportunity to learn about a phenomenon that from the first moment caught my attention: what some specialists had called human zoos. The general formula, According to the model of the exhibitions organized by the promoter Carl Hagenbeck in the Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, it was apparently simple. If we take a human group belonging to an exotic society, we bring it to Europe—voluntarily or by force. force—and we place it in a fenced enclosure recreating the natural environment in which it lives as is done in wild animal zoos, we will be able to see first-hand its appearance and habits without leaving the warmth of home or endangering our lives.” .
Hasan G. López Sanz Doctor of Philosophy and Graduate in Philosophy and Social and Cultural Anthropology. Associate Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Valencia and of the Master in Photography, Art and Technology of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. His research deals with philosophical and cultural anthropology, historical-critical analysis of empirical anthropology and museums, aesthetics and theory of the arts, showing a special interest in photography and its public uses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Primera parte
La Ilustración y el descubrimiento del Otro: nativos exóticos en Europaz
Segunda parte
Exhibiciones humanas en el siglo xix. El Otro y la cultura de masas
Tercera parte
1900-1945. Freak shows y épica colonial en poblados indígenas y exposiciones universales y coloniales
Cuarta parte
Las exhibiciones étnicas y zoológicos humanos en perspectiva. Respuestas desde el discurso poscolonial
Conclusión
Nuevas formas de exhibición en la era de la globalización
Diseño y maquetación: jaume marco – estudi
Idioma: Español
ISBN: 978-84-946891-0-9
Tamaño: 21×14,8cm
Páginas: 234
Precio: 18 euros
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