University of Chicago Press
Primitive Art in Civilized Places (Revised)
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Title: Primitive Art in Civilized Places (Revised)
Author: Sally Price
ISBN: 9780226680644
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 2nd Printing
Number of Pages: 155
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: What is so "primitive" about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge it? Drawing on an intriguing mixture of sources--including fashion ads and films, her own anthropological research and even comic strips like "Doonesbury" --Price explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art.
Author: Sally Price
ISBN: 9780226680644
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 2nd Printing
Number of Pages: 155
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: What is so "primitive" about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge it? Drawing on an intriguing mixture of sources--including fashion ads and films, her own anthropological research and even comic strips like "Doonesbury" --Price explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art.
"A witty, but scholarly, indictment of the whole primitive art business."--Peter Plagens, "Newsweek"
"Prices unfolds a fascinating history of the many 20th-century expeditions in search of exotic culture."--Michael W. Perri, "Utne Reader"
