Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin - Rilegato

Ben-amos, Paula G.

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ISBN 10: 0253335035 ISBN 13: 9780253335036

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Benos-Amos opens for the reader richly detailed adn nuanced vistas into the intellectual and cultural history of one of the major kingdoms of precolonial West Africa." — African Studies Review

The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent use of oral traditions give this work a high degree of... intellectual excitement.... a landmark in the field." —Warren d’Azevedo

Making use of archival and oral resources in this extensively researched book, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political strategy. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority?

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Paula Girshick Ben-Amos is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. She is author of The Art of Benin and co-editor (with Arnold Rubin) of The Art of Power/The Power of Art: Essays in Benin Iconology.

Product Description:

Book by BenAmos Paula G BenAmos Girshick Paula

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0253335035
• ISBN 13: 9780253335036
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 177