{"product_id":"savage-preservation-the-ethnographic-origins-of-modern-media-technology-9780816681389","title":"Savage Preservation  The Ethnographic Origins of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSavage Preservation\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening account of the mutually entangled origins of ethnography and the meanings of modern media: recorded sound, color photography, documentary film. Not only does Brian Hochman enrich his readers’ sense of \u003ci\u003eculture\u003c\/i\u003e as a concept available to historical change, he demonstrates convincingly that North American media studies remains haunted at its core by the racial ‘science’ of earlier generations.\" —Lisa Gitelman, New York University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book’s intersection of technological development and evolutionist cultural theory make a valuable contribution to media history.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfterimage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Refreshing and original.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hochman crafts a compelling account of the unexpected ways in which race and new media technologies intersected during this era.\"—\u003ci\u003eMELUS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hochman’s book is a clearly argued, broadly researched work with cogent case studies which should help to broaden our understanding of turn-of-the-century media and technology.\"—\u003ci\u003eHistory of Anthropology Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Passamaquoddy Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Media Evolution: Indians, Alphabets, and the Technological Measures of Man\u003cbr\u003e2. Representing Plains Indian Sign Language\u003cbr\u003e3. Originals and Aboriginals: Race and Writing in the Age of the Phonograph\u003cbr\u003e4. Race, Empire, and the Skin of the Ethnographic Image\u003cbr\u003e5. Local Colors: The Work of the Ethnographic Autochrome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePostscript: Fictions of Permanence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MP - University Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038554489175,"sku":"9780816681389","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816681389.jpg?v=1750940657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/savage-preservation-the-ethnographic-origins-of-modern-media-technology-9780816681389","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}