An edition of African Art and the Colonial Encounter (2007)

African art and the colonial encounter

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An edition of African Art and the Colonial Encounter (2007)

African art and the colonial encounter

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Indiana University Press
Language
English
Pages
381

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Subjects

African Art, Art and globalization, Colonies, Colonies in art, Exoticism in art, Idoma (African people), Material culture, Samburu (African people), Spears, Western influences, Art, african, Kunst, Kolonialisme, Kunsthandel

Places

Africa, Great Britain, Kenya
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Cover of: African Art and the Colonial Encounter
African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity
2007, Indiana University Press
in English
Cover of: African Art and the Colonial Encounter
African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity (African Expressive Cultures)
December 30, 2007, Indiana University Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: African art and the colonial encounter
African art and the colonial encounter: inventing a global commodity
2007, Indiana University Press
in English
Cover of: African art and the colonial encounter
African art and the colonial encounter: inventing a global commodity
2007, Indiana University Press
in English
Cover of: African Art and the Colonial Encounter
African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity (African Expressive Cultures)
July 2007, Indiana University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: colonial power and aesthetic practice
Maa warriorhood and British colonial discource
Idoma warriorhood and the Pax Britannica
Colonial rupture and innovation: the colonizer as inadvertent patron
Samburu smiths, Idoma maskmakers: power at a distance
Mask and spear: art, thing, commodity
Warrior theatre and the ritualized body
Idoma sculpture: colonialism and the market for African art
Samburu encounters with modernity: spears as tourist souvenirs
Samburu warriors in Hollywood films: cinematic commodities
Reprise: the three C's: colonialism, commidities, and complex representations
Coda: from spears to guns in the North Rift.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-364) and index.

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Bloomington
Series
African expressive cultures

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 381 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
381

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23242007M
ISBN 10
0253348927, 0253219221
ISBN 13
9780253348920, 9780253219220
LCCN
2007007408
Library Thing
5052807
Goodreads
1721083

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OL526957W

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