Folk Art Potters of Japan - Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics

Not only rewrites the history of contemporary Western ceramics but also engages in two important discourses in anthropology today: one concerned with art and aesthetics; the other with Orientalism. Amply illustrated, with a frank description of the operation of Japan's art pottery world.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Japanese Mingei Movement; Chapter 2 A Pottery Community; Chapter 3 Social Organization; Chapter 4 Ecology and Social Structure; Chapter 5 Labour Cooperation; Chapter 6 Environmental and Social Change; Chapter 7 The Mingei Boom and Economic Development; Chapter 8 The Decline of Community Solidarity; Chapter 9 Theory and Practice in Japanese Mingei; Chapter 10 Folk Art, Industrialization and Orientalism;

About the author

Brian Moeran

Summary

Not only rewrites the history of contemporary Western ceramics but also engages in two important discourses in anthropology today: one concerned with art and aesthetics; the other with Orientalism. Amply illustrated, with a frank description of the operation of Japan's art pottery world.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Moeran, Moeran Brian
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.1997
• EAN: 9780700706051
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0605-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 690 g
• Series: Anthropology of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General