Beyond Aesthetics - Art and the Technologies of Enchantment

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pinney is Senior Lecturer in Material Culture in the Department of Anthropology, University College London Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books include 'Entangled Objects' (1991),'Colonialism's Culture' (1994) and 'Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture' (1999) Klappentext The anthropology of art is currently at a crossroads. Although well versed in the meaning of art in small-scale tribal societies, anthropologists are still wrestling with the question of how to interpret art in a complex, post-colonial environment. Alfred Gell recently confronted this problem in his posthumous book Art and Agency. Zusammenfassung The anthropology of art is currently at a crossroads. Although well versed in the meaning of art in small-scale tribal societies, anthropologists are still wrestling with the question of how to interpret art in a complex, post-colonial environment. Alfred Gell recently confronted this problem in his posthumous book Art and Agency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Romanticism, from Foi Site Poetry to Schubert's Winterreise 2 Agency, History and Tradition in The Construction of 'Classical' Music: The Debate Over 'Authentic Performance' 3 Why Knot? Towards a Theory of Art and Mathematics 4 Captivation, Representation, and the Limits of Cognition: Interpreting Metaphor and Metonymy in Tahitian Tamau 5 What Makes Singo Different: North Vanuatu Textiles and the Theory of Captivation 6 The Captivating Agency of Art: Many Ways of Seeing 7 The Fame of Trinis: Websites as Traps 8 Piercing the Skin of the Idol 9 The Politics and Personhood of Tibetan Buddhist Icons 10 Aboriginal Cultural Production into Art: The Complexity of Redress 11 When the (Oven) Gloves Are Off: The Queen's Baton - Doing What to Whom? 12 The Patent and the Malanggan

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Pinney, Nicholas Thomas
• Assisted by: Christopher Pinney (Editor), Pinney Christopher (Editor), Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2001
• EAN: 9781859734599
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-459-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Theory of art, ART / History / General, Art of indigenous peoples, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Naive Art, Naive style, Indigenous styles