MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 04721fam a2200493 a 4500
001 1246843
005 20220602001931.0
008 910830s1992 enkabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 91034843
020 $a0198277334 :$c$95.00
020 $a0198279450 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)24430134
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm24430134
035 $9AGX6592CU
035 $a(NNC)1246843
035 $a1246843
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aN72.S6$bA65 1992
082 00 $a701/.03$220
245 00 $aAnthropology, art, and aesthetics /$cedited by Jeremy Coote and Anthony Shelton.
260 $aOxford :$bClarendon Press ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1992.
300 $axi, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aOxford studies in the anthropology of cultural forms
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Jeremy Coote and Anthony Shelton -- I. The Anthropology of Art. 1. Art and Anthropology / Raymond Firth. 2. The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology / Alfred Gell -- II. Objects and Interpretations. 3. Art, Architecture, and Collective Representations in a New Guinea Society / Ross Bowden. 4. Making Skins: Malangan and the Idiom of Kinship in Northern New Ireland / Susanne Kuchler. 5. Representing the Spirits: The Masks of the Alaskan Inuit / Jarich Oosten -- III. Traditions and Innovations. 6. Traditional and Contemporary Art of Aboriginal Australia: Two Case Studies / Robert Layton. 7. Textile Design in Southern Lembata: Tradition and Change / Ruth Barnes -- IV. The Anthropology of Aesthetics. 8. From Dull to Brilliant: The Aesthetics of Spiritual Power among the Yolngu / Howard Morphy. 9. Predicates of Aesthetic Judgement: Ontology and Value in Huichol Material Representations / Anthony Shelton.
505 0 $a10. 'Marvels of Everyday Vision': The Anthropology of Aesthetics and the Cattle-Keeping Nilotes / Jeremy Coote.
520 $aThis collection of essays on anthropological approaches to art and aesthetics is the first in its field to be published for some time. In recent years a number of new galleries of non-Western art have been opened, many exhibitions of non-Western art held, and new courses in the anthropology of art established.
520 8 $aThis collection is both part of and complements these developments, contributing to the general resurgence of interest in what has been until recently a comparatively neglected field of academic study and intellectual debate.
520 8 $aUnlike many previous collections, the focus of this volume is resolutely anthropological. The contributors draw on contemporary anthropological theory as well as on analyses of classic anthropological topics such as myth, ritual, and exchange, to deepen our understanding of particular aesthetic traditions in their socio-cultural and historical contexts. In addition, the cross-cultural applicability of the very concepts 'art' and 'aesthetics' is assessed.
520 8 $aEach essay illustrates a specific approach and develops a particular argument. Many present new ethnography based on recent field research among Australian Aborigines, in New Guinea, Indonesia, Mexico, and elsewhere. Others example, the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia draw on classic anthropological accounts of, for and the Nuer of the Southern Sudan, putting this material to new uses.
520 8 $aSir Raymond Firth's introductory overview of the history of the anthropological study of art makes this volume particularly useful for the non-specialist interested in learning what anthropology has to contribute to our understanding of art and aesthetics in general. With its wide geographical and cultural coverage and plentiful illustrations, many of which are in colour, Anthropology, Art, and Aesthetics will be a valuable resource for all serious students of the subject.
650 0 $aArt and anthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007957
650 0 $aArt and society.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007975
650 0 $aArt.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007461
700 1 $aCoote, Jeremy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91088295
700 1 $aShelton, Anthony.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91088300
830 0 $aOxford studies in the anthropology of cultural forms.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92069305
852 80 $bfax$hN72 An86$iAn89
852 00 $bbar$hN72.S6$iA65 1992
852 00 $boff,leh$hN72.S6$iA65 1992
852 00 $bleh$hN72.S6$iA65 1992