| African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity Contributor(s): Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253219221 ISBN-13: 9780253219220 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Explores African art and artistic production in a volatile global marketplace |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | African - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Series: African Expressive Cultures |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |