Unpacking Culture - Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds

"An outstanding set of studies that work well with each other to produce truly substantial and rich insights into the making and consuming of art in the colonial and post-colonial world."—Susan S. Bean, Curator, Peabody Essex Museum

List of contents

CONTRIBUTORS:
Jonathan Batkin
Janet Catherine Berlo
Marsha C. Bol
Marvin Cohodas
Frank Ettawageshik
Nelson H. H. Graburn
Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
Stephen R. Inglis
Carol S. Ivory
Aldona Jonaitis
Molly Lee
Trudy Nicks
Sandra A. Niessen
Nancy J. Parezo
Ruth B. Phillips
Enid Schildkrout
Eric Kline Silverman
Christopher B. Steiner
Verity Wilson

About the author

Ruth B. Phillips is Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Professor of Art History and Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Representing Women: Sande Masquerade of the Mende of Sierra Leone (1990) and Trading Identities: Native Art and the Souvenir in Northeastern North America, 1700-1900 (1998). Christopher B. Steiner is Lucy C. McDannel '22 Associate Professor of Art History and Director of Museum Studies at Connecticut College. He is the author of African Art in Transit (1994) and coeditor of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation (1997).

Summary

Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of indigenous visual traditions. This title provides a comparative perspective on the history, character, and impact of tourist art in colonized societies in three areas of the world: Africa, Oceania, and North America.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth B. Phillips, Ruth B. (EDT)/ Steiner Phillips
• Assisted by: Ruth B. Phillips (Editor), Phillips Ruth B. (Editor), Christipher B. Steiner (Editor), Christopher B. Steiner (Editor), Steiner Christopher B. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.1999
• EAN: 9780520207974
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20797-4
• No. of pages: 435
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Asia, North America, Africa, ART / History / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / African, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, North America (USA and Canada)