{"product_id":"constructing-race-on-the-borders-of-europe-9781350233058","title":"Constructing Race on the Borders of Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsha Morton \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Art History at Pratt Institute, USA. A specialist in German and Austrian cultural history with a focus on interdisciplinary topics of art, anthropology, science, and music, her books include \u003ci\u003eMax Klinger and Wilhelmine Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and the co-edited anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Arts Entwined \u003c\/i\u003e(2000). She is also a co-editor and contributing author to \u003ci\u003eVisual Culture and Pandemic Disease Since 1750: Capturing Contagion \u003c\/i\u003e(2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Larson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern European Art History in the Art and Design Department of the University of West Florida, USA. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Nature: Science, Society and the Fantastic in the Work of Odilon Redon\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and lead editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Evolution: Darwin, Darwinisms, and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eDarwin and Theories of Aesthetics and Cultural History \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[T]he narrow focus of each chapter essay builds both a satisfyingly comprehensive and very specific picture of the social and cultural histories of countries at the Continental margins. * Visual Culture *\u003cbr\u003e[T]his edited volume offers a number of very rich case studies from different geographies within Europe. The chapters merge primary and secondary sources and open up possibilities for a critical interpretation of visual materials through the history of ethnography and anthropology. As such, the edited volume should be of interest to an interdisciplinary readership interested in the construction of the other through visual depictions. * German Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe uniqueness of the book and its fascinating contents lies [...] in the skilful juxtaposition of textual and visual sources in [the editors'] analyses. * Mosse Program Blog *\u003cbr\u003eFocusing our attention on the often contested and frequently porous \"borders of Europe\", this essential collection of essays complicates our understanding of how race, ethnicity, and national identity have been constructed and operationalized through art, design, and visual culture. * Allison Morehead, Associate Professor of Art History, Queen’s University, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling and timely collection of essays based on immaculate research that will alter the reader’s critical understanding of the complex cultural-political engagement with subordinate ethnic groups in parts of Europe that have too long been marginalised by postcolonial discourse. * Sabine Wieber, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Glasgow, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Plates List of Figures List of Contributors  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eMarsha Morton (Pratt Institute, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  1. From Folk to a Folk Race: Carl Arbo and National Romantic Anthropology in Norway, \u003ci\u003ePatricia G. Berman (Wellesley College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  2. From “Northern Dweller” to “Distinguished Among His Race”: The Transformation of the Nordic Colonial Subject, 1900-1935, \u003ci\u003eBart Pushaw (University of Maryland, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Decolonizing the Archive: Pia Arke and Stories from Scoresbysund, \u003ci\u003eAlison Chang (Independent Curator, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Brigands and Virtuous Musicians: Representations of Roma (“Gypsies”) as Oriental Other in the Eastern Part of the Habsburg Monarchy during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, \u003ci\u003eRobert Born (University of Leipzig, Germany) and Dirk Suckow (University of Leipzig, Germany) \u003c\/i\u003e 5. Leopold Carl Müller’s Scenes from Egyptian Life: Ethnography, Race, and Orientalism in Habsburg Vienna, \u003ci\u003eMarsha Morton (Pratt Institute, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. A Hungarian Treasure Chest: The Art Colony at Gödöllo in Critical Perspective, \u003ci\u003eRebecca Houze (Northern Illinois University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. The Journey West: Gauguin, Philology, And the Celts of Brittany, \u003ci\u003eBarbara Larson (The University of West Florida, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. In the Beginning was the Image: Russian Ethnography and Colonial Photography in Turkestan, 1860s–1870s, \u003ci\u003eMargaret Dikovitskaya (Independent Scholar, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e 9. “Children of the Narod:  Early Soviet Children’s Books’ Racialization of Childhood”, \u003ci\u003eMarie Gasper-Hulvat (Kent State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  10. From Sideshow to Portrait: The Ethnographic Vision of Christian Schad, \u003ci\u003eKristin Schroeder (University of Virginia, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Anthropological Histories and Techniques in Philip Scheffner’s Films, \u003ci\u003ePriyanka Basu (University of Minnesota, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738607759703,"sku":"9781350233058","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350233058.jpg?v=1720049637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constructing-race-on-the-borders-of-europe-9781350233058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}