Publication

2016 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781472585936
  • ISBN-101472585933
  • OCLC Control Number955313009
  • Better World Books9781472585936
  • Open LibraryOL29309108M

Classifications

  • LCCNX180.A58
  • LCCN72.A56 A58 2017

Description

A comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of the arts, this is the first textbook to go beyond visual art to cover the arts more broadly. Drawing together media such as painting, sound, performance, video, and film, it presents a clear overview of the cross-cultural human experience of art. Introducing students to the basics as well as the latest scholarship, the book features: - 45 chapters which combine classic texts from anthropologists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Claude Levi-Strauss, Margaret Mead, Bronislaw Malinowski, Alfred Gell, Franz Boas, and Mary Douglas with recent scholarship by George Marcus, Tim Ingold, Roger Sansi, Christopher Pinney, Georgina Born, and others - Both theoretical and ethnographic readings, with coverage ranging from Bali, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and Australia to the United States - Introductory materials, ethnographic exercises, further reading ideas, and alternative suggestions for navigating the content based on medium, geography, theory, or ethnography Designed for classroom use, Anthropology of the Arts is invaluable for teaching and learning.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Anthropology of the Arts: A ReaderTaylor & Francis Group2016-01-01

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