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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. 124pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. In the dust jacket, with periodic scratches to the surface. An exhibition catalogue. From Preface: "This publication challenges the prevailing opinion among scholars of African art that the word doll is an inappropriate designation for many genres of African art to which it is often applied. The word, it seems, evokes a limited set of images that are incompatible with the stereotype of African sculpture as objects laden with ritual and religious associations, associations which to many minds preclude any consideration of play as part of their existence. Our basic premise for this volume is that the problem is not the application of doll to African contexts but rather a profound misunderstanding of what a doll is. Playing with dolls, we argue, is serious business, and we in the United States and elsewhere in the Western world probably take ours too lightly. While the average parent views these figures as relatively inconsequential objects, it is becoming increasingly clear to social scientists that they can be active in establishing value systems and constructing identities.".

rilegatura in tela bordeaux. Condizione: Good. I ed. Los Angeles (California-USA), UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History 1996. Testo in inglese. VIII grande/ 124/ cart./ sovraccoperta patinata con grafica in n/rosso/b ed illustrata a colori ai piatti e al dorso con una stessa immagine passante (gruppo di bambole, bambole rituali e bambole talismano). Con illustrazioni a colori e in b/n nel testo e f.t. Design: Patrick fitzgerald. Photograpy: Denis J. Nervig. Map Design: Anthony A.G. Kluck. Sguardie liscio nero. Stato buono-ottimo. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements - Preface - Foreword - Playng with Dolls; Elizabeth L. Cameron - Akua's Child and Other Relatives: New Mythologies for Old Dolls; Doran H. Ross - Catalog (Bidjogo peoples - Balante peoples - Bamana peoples - Mossi peoples - Ga peoples - Ghana - Ewe peoples - Yoruba peoples - Igbo peoples - Koto peoples - Baggara peoples - Kanuri peoples - Namchi peoples - Kuba peoples - Luba and Tabwa peoples - Turkana peoples - Mijikenda peoples - Khonyi peoples - Nyamwezi peoples - Zaramo and Doe peoples - Mozambique - Shona peoples - Tonga peoples - tsonga peoples - Ambo peoples - San peoples - Angola - Sotho peoples - Nguni peoples) - Bibliography - Figure Index. Book.