What element of the anthropometric study of a Chinese man establishes him as an object for cool and dispassionate study by Western scientists?
A) the way he has been positioned
B) his nudity
C) his representation in a black-and-white image
D) his braid

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Nudity often removes the personal identity of a subject, making them an object for scientific study. This is a colonial practice that has been used in the past to justify the domination of the "other" by presenting them as inferior and in need of Western guidance.

What Element of the Anthropometric Study of a Chinese Man