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Lee D. Baker

Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Box 90091, Durham, NC 27708-0042
210 Friedl Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0042

Scholarly Works - Books


Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture

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Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience

Book · 2004 Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience is a fascinating collection of readings that explores how people negotiate identity in the United States today. Brings together readings that provide a thoroughly engaging and fascinating look at central is ... Cite

From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954

Book · 1998 Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions– Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-ca ... Cite