Screen LibraryAlternative art and anthropology : global encounters /
While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to focus on North America, Europe, and Australia; until now, experiences from other regions have been largely absent from mainstream debate. This book rectifies this by offering...
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Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to focus on North America, Europe, and Australia; until now, experiences from other regions have been largely absent from mainstream debate. This book rectifies this by offering a ground-breaking new approach to the subject. Entirely dedicated to perspectives from Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the book advances our understanding of the connections between anthropology and contemporary art on a global scale. Across ten chapters, a range of anthropologists, artists, and |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781474231244 1474231241 9781474231251 147423125X |
| Index Number: | N72 |
| CLC: | J0-05 |
| Call Number: | J0-05/A466 |
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Alternatives: World ontologies and dialogues between contemporary arts and anthropologies / Anthropology as practice: Artists of Africa and the ethnographic field in contemporary art / African art in the global contemporary / What is art anthropology? / Art anthropology / Flowers' life: Notes and reflections on an art-anthropology exhibition / Theories in images / Anthropologi |