Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds

Ruth B. Phillips; Christopher B. Steiner

ISBN 10: 0520207971 / ISBN 13: 9780520207974

Published by University of California Press, 1999

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Synopsis:

Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of indigenous visual traditions. These thoughtful, engaging essays provide a comparative perspective on the history, character, and impact of tourist art in colonized societies in three areas of the world: Africa, Oceania, and North America. Ranging broadly historically and geographically, Unpacking Culture is the first collection to bring together substantial case studies on this topic from around the world.

About the Author: Ruth B. Phillips is Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Professor of Art History and Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Representing Women: Sande Masquerade of the Mende of Sierra Leone (1990) and Trading Identities: Native Art and the Souvenir in Northeastern North America, 1700-1900 (1998). Christopher B. Steiner is Lucy C. McDannel '22 Associate Professor of Art History and Director of Museum Studies at Connecticut College. He is the author of African Art in Transit (1994) and coeditor of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation (1997).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in ...
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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