{"product_id":"the-body-impolitic-artisans-and-artifice-in-the-globa-hierarchy-of-value-paperback","title":"The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Globa Hierarchy of Value - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Herzfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body Impolitic\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Herzfeld takes us inside a rich variety of small-town Cretan artisans' workshops to show how apprentices are systematically thwarted into learning by stealth and guile. This harsh training reinforces a stereotype of artisans as rude and uncultured. Moreover, the same stereotypes that marginalize artisans locally also operate to marginalize Cretans within the Greek nation and Greece itself within the international community. What Herzfeld identifies as \"the global hierarchy of value\" thus frames the nation's ancient monuments and traditional handicrafts as evidence of incurable \"backwardness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Herzfeld's sensitive observations offer an intimately grounded way of understanding the effects of globalization and of one of its most visible offshoots, the heritage industry, on the lives of ordinary people in many parts of the world today.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body Impolitic\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Herzfeld takes us inside a rich variety of small-town Cretan artisans' workshops to show how apprentices are systematically thwarted into learning by stealth and guile. This harsh training reinforces a stereotype of artisans as rude and uncultured. Moreover, the same stereotypes that marginalize artisans locally also operate to marginalize Cretans within the Greek nation and Greece itself within the international community. What Herzfeld identifies as the global hierarchy of value thus frames the nation's ancient monuments and traditional handicrafts as evidence of incurable backwardness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerzfeld's sensitive observations offer an intimately grounded way of understanding the effects of globalization and of one of its most visible offshoots, the heritage industry, on the lives of ordinary people in many parts of the world today.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body Impolitic\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Herzfeld takes us inside a rich variety of small-town Cretan artisans' workshops to show how apprentices are systematically thwarted into learning by stealth and guile. This harsh training reinforces a stereotype of artisans as rude and uncultured. Moreover, the same stereotypes that marginalize artisans locally also operate to marginalize Cretans within the Greek nation and Greece itself within the international community. What Herzfeld identifies as \"the global hierarchy of value\" thus frames the nation's ancient monuments and traditional handicrafts as evidence of incurable \"backwardness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerzfeld's sensitive observations offer an intimately grounded way of understanding the effects of globalization and of one of its most visible offshoots, the heritage industry, on the lives of ordinary people in many parts of the world today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Herzfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Greek Imagination: An Ethnographic Biography of Andreas Nenedakis, \u003c\/i\u003e published by the University of Chicago Press, and \u003ci\u003eAnthropology: Theoretical Practice in Society and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 269\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.56 x 6.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43735365877895,"sku":"9780226329147","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2XNIQiHzrt9780226329147.webp?v=1768524620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-body-impolitic-artisans-and-artifice-in-the-globa-hierarchy-of-value-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}