African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity - Couverture souple

Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253219221 ISBN 13 : 9780253219220

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Focusing on the theme of warriorhood, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir weaves a complex history of how colonial influence forever changed artistic practice, objects, and their meaning. Looking at two widely diverse cultures, the Idoma in Nigeria and the Samburu in Kenya, Kasfir makes a bold statement about the links between colonialism, the Europeans' image of Africans, Africans' changing self representation, and the impact of global trade on cultural artifacts and the making of art. This intriguing history of the interaction between peoples, aesthetics, morals, artistic objects and practices, and the global trade in African art challenges current ideas about artistic production and representation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir is Professor in the Department of Art History at Emory University where she is also Faculty Curator of African Art. She is author of Contemporary African Art and editor of West African Masks and Cultural Systems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253219221
• ISBN 13: 9780253219220
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
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• Personne responsable: non disponible