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Drawing on ethnographic case studies from Amazonia, Indonesia, Africa, Melanesia and Polynesia, this text shows how bodily presentation plays a fundamental role in contemporary identity politics in tension with encompassing national and global stereotypes, which may in turn both constrain and empower local traditions.

Body Arts and Modernity

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    A Paperback / softback by Elizabeth Ewart, Michael O'Hanlon

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      Publisher: Sean Kingston Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/12/2010
      ISBN13: 9781907774041, 978-1907774041
      ISBN10: 1907774041
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      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on ethnographic case studies from Amazonia, Indonesia, Africa, Melanesia and Polynesia, this text shows how bodily presentation plays a fundamental role in contemporary identity politics in tension with encompassing national and global stereotypes, which may in turn both constrain and empower local traditions.

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