Races of Mankind The Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman |
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| Author:
| Kinkel, Marianne |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03624-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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How one set of anthropological sculptures deeply influenced modern racial perceptionsIn 1930, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to produce three-dimensional models of racial types for an anthropology display called the Races of Mankind. In this exceptional study, Marianne Kinkel measures the colossal ......
How one set of anthropological sculptures deeply influenced modern racial perceptionsIn 1930, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to produce three-dimensional models of racial types for an anthropology display called the Races of Mankind. In this exceptional study, Marianne Kinkel measures the colossal ......