Christopher B. Steiner

African Art in Transit

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An analysis of the African art trade, looking at how the value and meaning of art is transformed as objects move from one culture to another.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780521457521
• ISBN-10: 0521457521
• Artikelnr.: 21592552

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the anthropology of African art in a transnational market
1. Commodity outlets and the classification of goods
2. The division of labor and the management of capital
3. An economy of words: bargaining and the social production of value
4. The political economy of ethnicity in a plural market
5. The quest for authenticity and the invention of African art
6. Cultural brokerage and the mediation of knowledge
Conclusion: African art and the discourses of value.