Ethnicity, Inc

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In this work, anthropologists John L. and Jean Comaroff analyze a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification. Through a wide-ranging exploration of the changing relationship between culture and the market, they address a pressing question concerning the future of ethnicity.

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Title Statements

Full title :Ethnicity, Inc. / John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:234 p., [8] p. of plates : : col. ill. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780226114712, 0226114716, 9780226114729, 0226114724
oclc:on1166952787
LC Classification:GN495.6
Dewey Decimal:305.8

Prologue -- Three or Four Things about Ethno-futures -- Questions of Theory -- Commodifying Descent, American-style -- A Tale of Two Ethnicities -- Nationality, Inc. ; Divinity, Inc. ; and Other Futures.

Subjects

Ethnicité Ethnicité -- Aspect économique Ethnicité -- Aspect économique -- Afriq… Ethnicity Ethnicity -- Economic aspects Ethnicity -- Economic aspects -- South … South Africa