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Zusatztext 'This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the wider implications of 20th century! Western art-historical assumptions about the "primative" other.' - Artscribe Informationen zum Autor Susan Hiller Klappentext This work is a controversial critique of art theory, practice and politics, and a major enquiry into the history of primitivism and its implications for contemporary culture. Zusammenfassung This work is a controversial critique of art theory, practice and politics, and a major enquiry into the history of primitivism and its implications for contemporary culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Editor’s foreword, Acknowledgements, PART I, Editor’s introduction, 1. Some general observations on the problem of cultural colonialism, 2. Outsiders or insiders?, 3. Primitive art and the necessity of primitivism to art, 4. Expeditions: on race and nation Black Audio/Film Collective, PART II, Editor’s introduction, 5. Emil Nolde’s ‘ethnographic’ still lifes: primitivism, tradition, and modernity, 6. Unofficial versions, 7. The resurgence of the night-mind: primitivist revivals in recent art, 8. From primitivism to ethnic arts, PART III, Editor’s introduction, 9. Ethnography and the formation of national and cultural identities, 10. Art and meaning, 11. Dark continents explored by women, 12. Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ in Fiji, PART IV, Editor’s introduction, 13. The search for virginity, 14. Unsettled accounts of Indians and others, 15. Locality fails, 16. Aboriginal representation and kitsch, 17. Born from sharp rocks, Notes on contributors, Index
