Art and Creativity in a New Guinea Society - The Kwoma in Cross-Cultural Perspective

This book is a study of the art of the Kwoma of the Sepik River region of New Guinea and how people in this society understand their art as a cultural phenomenon, including its origins in the spirit world.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Sources of Creativity in Art
Chapter 2. The Supernatural Origins of Men's Houses and Their Art
Chapter 3. The Supernatural Origins of Kwoma Ritual
Chapter 4. Cultural Implications of Kwoma Notions of Creativity in Art
Chapter 5. A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Chapter 6. Related Issues

About the author

Ross Bowden is an Australian cultural anthropologist whose main interests are in the art, history and social organization of societies in the Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.

Product details

• Authors: Ross Bowden, Bowden Ross
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793611369
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-136-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, ART / Australian & Oceanian, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art