Exotic: A Fetish for the Foreign
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A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western culture
Exotic explores our obsession with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. Through a host of evocative images, this book shows how the absorption of 'the foreign, ' through arts, design, architecture, and other cultural elements, has consistently enriched Western society, contributing to it cultural dynamism and artistic energy.
Exotic's focus is especially relevant to the modern globalized world in which our engagement with cultures and traditions from around the globe is easier - and potentially more fraught - than ever before.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0714876372
ISBN13:9780714876375
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Phaidon Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:3.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.0" x 9.7"
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