African art in transit
(Book)
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N7399.I8 S74 1994
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N7399.I8 S74 1994
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | N7399.I8 S74 1994 | On Shelf |
Subjects
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Anthropologie économique -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Anthropologie économique -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art -- Afrique noire -- Aspect économique -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art -- Afrique noire -- Commerce -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Marketing.
Art -- Economic aspects -- Cote d'Ivoire.
Art and anthropology.
Art et anthropologie -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art et anthropologie.
Art noir -- Aspect économique -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art noir -- Aspect économique -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art noir -- Commercialisation -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Authentizität
Côte d'Ivoire -- commerce.
Côte d'Ivoire.
Economic anthropology -- Cote d'Ivoire.
Kunst
Kunsthandel.
Kunstvoorwerpen.
Objets d'art -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Subsaharan Africa.
Subsaharisches Afrika
trade.
visual arts.
Anthropologie économique -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art -- Afrique noire -- Aspect économique -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art -- Afrique noire -- Commerce -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Marketing.
Art -- Economic aspects -- Cote d'Ivoire.
Art and anthropology.
Art et anthropologie -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art et anthropologie.
Art noir -- Aspect économique -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Art noir -- Aspect économique -- Côte-d'Ivoire.
Art noir -- Commercialisation -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Authentizität
Côte d'Ivoire -- commerce.
Côte d'Ivoire.
Economic anthropology -- Cote d'Ivoire.
Kunst
Kunsthandel.
Kunstvoorwerpen.
Objets d'art -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Subsaharan Africa.
Subsaharisches Afrika
trade.
visual arts.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1990.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
Description
African art in transit is an absorbing account of the commodification and circulation of African objects in the international art market today. Based on extensive field research among art traders in Cote d'Ivoire, Christopher Steiner analyzes the role of the African middleman in linking those who produce and supply works of art in Africa with those who buy and collect so-called "primitive" art in Europe and America. Moving easily from ethnographic vignette to social.
Description
Theory, Steiner provides a lucid interpretation which reveals not only a complex economic network with its own internal logic and rules, but also an elaborate process of transcultural valuation and exchange. By focusing directly on the intermediaries in the African art trade, he unveils a critical new perspective on how symbolic codes and economic values are produced and mediated in the context of shifting geographic and cultural domains. He calls into question.
Description
Conventional definitions of authenticity in African art, demonstrating how the categories "authentic" and "traditional" are continually negotiated and redefined by a plurality of market participants spread out across the globe. This book will appeal to anthropologists, art historians, and anyone interested in the production of value in the art world, the mediation of knowledge in transcultural exchange, the invention of traditional aesthetic forms, and the ethnography of.
Description
Trade and bargaining in a contemporary African setting.
Awards
Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, 1993.
Local note
SACFinal081324
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Steiner, C. B. (1994). African art in transit . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steiner, Christopher Burghard. 1994. African Art in Transit. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steiner, Christopher Burghard. African Art in Transit Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Steiner, C. B. (1994). African art in transit. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Steiner, Christopher Burghard. African Art in Transit Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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