Kelli Ann Costa

The Brokered Image

Material Culture and Identity in the Stubaital

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the 'brokered image,' a constructed identity influenced by tourism and the global economy, expressed through a variety of displays and performances in rural Tyrol. This image of old world simplicity complicates interactions between and among hosts and guests as evidenced in this small mountain village in Austria.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780761820116
• ISBN-10: 0761820116
• Artikelnr.: 53212448

Autorenporträt

Kelli Ann Costa is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, Franklin Pierce College, New Hampshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Dedication Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 The Brokered Image: An
Introduction Chapter 4 Theories of Identity in Anthropological Discourse
Chapter 5 Metaphor, Identity and the Brokered Image Chapter 6 Tethered
Memories: The Image of Die Bauern in Two Tyrolean Museums Chapter 7
Theories of Material Culture in Museum Settings Chapter 8 Redefining Public
and Private Space: Tourist Season in Rural Tyrol Chapter 9 Contrasting
Identities: Interior and Exterior Expressions of "Tyrolness" Chapter 10
Conclusion: Image Brokering and the Postmodern Peasant Chapter 11
Bibliography Chapter 12 Index