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The Ones That Are Wanted [electronic resource]

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The Okiek people of Kenya's forested highlands have a long history of hunting, honey gathering, and trading with their Maasai and Kipsigis neighbors; several decades ago, they also began farming and herding. This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photographs of the Okiek through showings at seven venues, including the National Museum in Nairobi and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.

Title The Ones That Are Wanted [electronic resource] : Communication and the Politics of Representation in a Photographic Exhibition
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Berkeley : University of California Press
Creation Date 2002
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE: FROM EXHIBITION TO BOOK
THE EXHIBITION
OKIEK PORTRAITS: A Kenyan People Look at Themselves
EXPLORING THE EXHIBITION
1 TRACING OKIEK PORTRAITS: Images, Exhibitions, and the Politics of Representation
2 PRODUCING OKIEK PORTRAITS: Collaboration, Negotiation, and Exhibitionary Authority
3 IMAGINING AUDIENCES: Okiek Portraits in Kenya
4 IMAGINING AUDIENCES: Okiek Portraits in the United States
5 THE FINAL VENUES: Designing and Defining Interpretation
APPENDIX A: THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITIES
APPENDIX B: KEY RELATIONSHIPS REPRESENTED IN OKIEK PORTRAITSAPPENDIX C: LEARNING ABOUT VISITORS IN MICHIGAN AND GEORGIA
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX
Extent 1 online resource (319 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010703654205171
MARC RECORDS
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