Vaughan James Contribution (1 results)

rilegatura. Condition: Good. I ed. Testo in inglese. This books is published in conjunction with an exhibition organized and presented by the Museum for African Art, New York (New York-USA) from 9 February to 28 May 2000. The exxhibition will travel to The Apex Museum, Atlanta (Georgia-USA); Iris & R. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University (California-USA); Charles H. Wright Museum of African History, Detroit (Michigan-USA); and California African-American Museum, Los Angeles (California-USA). IV / 200/ cart./ sovraccoperta patinata con grafica in blu/giallo/b/n ed illustrata ai piatti a colori, in b/n e con un'immagine virrata in blu (front cover: Fulani woman, French Guinea, early 20th century; Crest mask. Zombo, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo; Crest mask. Cross River, Calabar area, Nigeria; Barber shop sign. Ghana, detail - back cover: Hairstyle of adult women. Kwaluudhi and Ngndjera of the Wambo Group, Namibia, 1940s: Child in Burkina Faso, 1999; Barbershop, Ghana. Ernie Wolfe. Cover design: Linda Florio Design)/ sovraccoperta in nylon trasparente. Illustrazioni in b/n e a colori nel testo e f.t. Sguardie in cartoncino verde. Stato buono-ottimo. Contents: Preface; Elsie McCabe and Anne Stark - Acknowledgements; Rooy Sieber and Frank Herreman - Prelude: Hairdressing - Prologue; Roy Sieber - History; Roy Sieber - Hair in African Art and Culture; Niangii Batulukusi - Interlude I: Status or Identity: Spiritual or Secular - Sculptural Modes of Representing Coiffures; Frank Herreman - Interlude II: Wigs, Hats and Beards - Women's Hair and Sowei Masks in Southern Sierra Leone and Western Liberia; William Siegmann - Coiffures of the Dan and Wè of Ivory Coast in 1838-39; Elze Bruyninx - Interlude III: Children and Dolls - A Note on Hair and Mourning, Especially in Ghana; Roy Sieber - Orilonse. The Hermeneutics of the Head and Hairstyles among the Yoruba; Babatunde Lawal - Hairstyles among the Margi; James H. Vaughan - mangbetu Hairstyles and the Art of Seduction: "Lipombo"; Els De Palmenaer - Interlude IV: Tools and Ornaments - Hair Matters in South Central Africa; Manuel Jordán - Cross Dressing for the Spirits in Shamba Ughanga; Barbara Thompsoon - A Note of Gender Reversal; Roy Sieber - Headrests and Hair Ornaments: Signifying more than Status; Karel Nel - Interlude V: Neck rests - Rasta Hair, US and Ghana: a Personal Note; Mariama Ross - Interlude VI: Contemporary Africa - What is Really Happening Here? Black Hair among African Americans and in American Culture; Kennel Jackson - Bibliography - Biographies of the essayists. Book.