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The traditional artist in African societies / Warren L. d'Azevedo, editor.

Contributor(s): D'Azevedo, Warren L | Traditional Artist in African Societies (Conference: 1965: Lake Tahoe)
Language: English Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 1973.Description: xxiv, 454p. : ill., map, photos ; 24cm.ISBN: 0253399017
Contents:
I. On African artists. Yoruba artistic criticism / Robert Farris Thompson; A Yoruba master carver : Duga of Meko / William Bascom; The musician in Akan society / J.H. Kwabena Nketia; The role of the carver in Anang society / John C. Messenger; A sociocultural view of Hausa musical activity / David W. Ames; enKyagu as artists in Marghi society / James H. Vaughan; The exposition and imposition of order: artistic expression in Fang culture / James Fernandez; Aesthetic value and professionalism in African art: three cases from the Katanga Chokwe / Daniel J. Crowley; The Bala musician / Alan P. Merriam; Sources of Gola artistry / Warren L. d'Azevedo. II Commentaries. On the sphere of social validity in African art: sociological reflections on ethnographic data / K. Peter Etzkorn; Art and the anthropological lens / George Mills; Conceptual problems relating to the comparative study of art / John Ladd; Approaches to non-western art / Roy Sieber.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KY [AZE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M21382
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Round Reading Room KY [AZE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available M25503
Total holds: 0

First Midland Book edition, 1989; originally published 1973, Indiana University Press. - Contains new preface. - Papers first presented at a Conference on the Traditional Artist in African Society, Lake Tohoe Alumni Center of the University of California, May 28-30, 1965.

Bibliography.: p. 435-454.

I. On African artists. Yoruba artistic criticism / Robert Farris Thompson; A Yoruba master carver : Duga of Meko / William Bascom; The musician in Akan society / J.H. Kwabena Nketia; The role of the carver in Anang society / John C. Messenger; A sociocultural view of Hausa musical activity / David W. Ames; enKyagu as artists in Marghi society / James H. Vaughan; The exposition and imposition of order: artistic expression in Fang culture / James Fernandez; Aesthetic value and professionalism in African art: three cases from the Katanga Chokwe / Daniel J. Crowley; The Bala musician / Alan P. Merriam; Sources of Gola artistry / Warren L. d'Azevedo. II Commentaries. On the sphere of social validity in African art: sociological reflections on ethnographic data / K. Peter Etzkorn; Art and the anthropological lens / George Mills; Conceptual problems relating to the comparative study of art / John Ladd; Approaches to non-western art / Roy Sieber.

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