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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Colección:African expressive cultures.
Temas:
Samburu (African people) > Material culture.
Idoma (African people) > Material culture.
Art, African > Western influences.
Spears > Kenya.
Colonies in art.
Exoticism in art.
Art and globalization.
Samburu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Culture matérielle.
Idoma (Peuple d'Afrique) > Culture matérielle.
Colonies dans l'art.
Exotisme dans l'art.
Art et mondialisation.
Africa.
Kenya.
Nigeria.
Samburu.
Idoma.
warriors.
masks.
traditional weapons.
colonialism.
visual arts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
ART > African.
Art, African > Western influences
Art and globalization
British colonies
Colonies in art
Exoticism in art
Spears
Kunst
Kunsthandel
Kulturkontakt
Speer
Kunst.
Kolonialisme.
Kunsthandel.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Afrique.
Africa
Kenya
Afrika
Afrika.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 381 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-364) and index.
ISBN:9780253022653
0253022657

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