Monica Blackmun Visonà

Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire

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Produktbeschreibung

Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire investigates the methodology of art historians who work in Africa, and traces the varied receptions African art works are given as they leave a local context and enter an international one. Drawing on extensive fieldwork among Akan populations, it illuminates the rich visual arts of the Lagoon Peoples, and examines theoretical positions that impact the discipline of African art history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781409404408
• ISBN-10: 1409404404
• Artikelnr.: 44972630

Autorenporträt

Monica Blackmun Visonà, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, teaches courses on African art, cross-cultural contexts for art, and art historical methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Art history in the lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire
Encountering art in the lagoons: disciplinary approaches
Investigating lagoon art: research methodology
Art, religious belief and healing
Arts of leadership and arts of prestige
Age-set festivals as performance
Lagoon artists in a global context
Envoi: the role of the Africanist in the discipline of art history
Bibliography
Index.