The ethnicity of things in America's lacquered age

Christopher Bush

doi:10.1525/rep.2007.99.1.74

The ethnicity of things in America's lacquered age

Christopher Bush^*

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This essay analyzes the cultural meaning of the enormous popularity of, and significance attributed to, Japanese objects in the United States during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. By locating this significance at the intersection of the United States' racial, economic, and material imaginaries, the essay argues for an interpretation of the Japanese object as an "ethnic thing" that suggests new ways of understanding of the relationship between objectification and racialization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	74-98
Number of pages	25
Journal	Representations
Volume	99
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2007.99.1.74
State	Published - Aug 2007

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Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
General Arts and Humanities
Sociology and Political Science

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