Primitive Art in Civilized Places Second Edition

Name: Primitive Art in Civilized Places Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780226680675

ISBN-10: 0226680673

ISBN-13: 9780226680675

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Sally Price

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What is so primitive about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge? Drawing on a mixture of sources, this text explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Sally Priceis the Duane A. and Virginia S. Dittman Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at the College of William and Mary. She is the author or coauthor of more than fifteen books, includingPrimitive Art in Civilized Places, also published by the University of Chicago Press.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Mystique of Connoisseurship



The Universality Principle



The Night Side of Man



Anonymity and Timelessness



Power Plays



Objets d'Art and Ethnographic Artifacts



From Signature to Pedigree



A Case in Point


Afterword


Notes


References


Cited


Illustration Credits