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xviii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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African expressive cultures
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-364) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: colonial power and aesthetic practice -- Part 1. Warriors. Maa warriorhood and British colonial discourse. -- Idoma warriorhood and the Pax Britannica -- Part 2. Sculptors and smiths. Colonial rupture and innovation: the colonizer as inadvertent patron -- Samburu smiths, Idoma maskmakers: power at a distance -- Part 3. Masks, spears, the body. Mask and spear: art, thing, commodity -- Warrior theatre and the ritualized body -- Part 4. Commodities. 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, commodities, and complex representations -- Coda: from spears to guns in the North Rift. |
Subject |
Samburu (African people) -- Material culture.
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Idoma (African people) -- Material culture.
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Art, African -- Western influences.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.
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Spears -- Kenya.
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Colonies in art.
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Exoticism in art.
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Art and globalization.
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ISBN |
0253219221 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780253348920 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253348927 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253219220 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 305503782 |
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AU@ 000041290829 |
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NZ1 11257918 |
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IG# 9780253219220 |
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