''Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation and the Commodification of Difference'' () is a book by Deborah Root, published in 1995 by

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. The book studies the assimilation of various cultures by other,

dominant culture A dominant culture is a cultural practice that is dominant within a particular political, social or economic entity, in which multiple cultures co-exist. It may refer to a language, religion or ritual practices, social value and/or social ...

s, and the false assumptions this produces in perceptions of the less dominant culture or ethnicity.

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