Ethnicity, Inc.

by John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff

Book Overview

In Ethnicity, Inc. 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: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity?

Their account begins in South Africa, with the incorporation of an ethno-business in venture capital by a group of traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226114724
• ISBN13: 9780226114729
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"