The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art
- ISBN-10
- 0674698436
- ISBN-13
- 9780674698437
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988-05-18
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- James Clifford
Description
On twentieth-century culture
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