Anthropology, Art, and Aesthetics

Zusatztext highly admirable, and at times very exciting, collection of papers Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Coote is an independent researcher, author, and editor specializing in art and anthropology. He is a member of Wolfson College, Oxford. Anthony Shelton specializes in pre-Columbian art and the ethnography of contemporary Midddle America. Klappentext The anthropology of art is a fast-developing area of intellectual debate and academic study. This beautifully illustrated volume is a unique survey of the current state of anthropological thinking on art and aesthetics. The distinguished contributors draw on contemporary anthropological theoryand on classic anthropological topics such as myth and ritual to deepen our understanding of particular aesthetic traditions in their socio-cultural and historical contexts. Many of the essays present new findings based on recent field research in Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and Mexico; whileothers draw on classical anthropological accounts of the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia and the Nuer of the Southern Sudan to form new arguments and conclusions. The introductory overview of the history of the anthropology of art, by Sir Raymond Firth, makes this volume especially useful for thoseinterested in learning what anthropology has to contribute to our understanding of art and aesthetics in general. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays on anthropological approaches to art and aesthetics is finely balanced between developing existing traditions and charting new problematics and approaches. Its geographical and cultural scope is wide, and it is highly illustrated.

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• Authors: Jeremy Coote, Jeremy (Assistant Curator Coote, Jeremy Shelton Coote
• Assisted by: Jeremy Coote (Editor), Jeremy (Assistant Curator Coote (Editor), Anthony Shelton (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1994
• EAN: 9780198279457
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827945-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C; Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Cultural Forms; Oxford Studies in Social and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Theory of art, ART / History / General, Anthropology, Art of indigenous peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Philosophy: aesthetics, Indigenous styles