African Art and the Colonial Encounter
Inventing a Global Commodity
Indiana University Press · Print & ebook · October 24, 2007
Focusing on the theme of warriorhood, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir weaves a complex history of how colonial influence forever changed artistic practice, objects, and their meaning.
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- Who it’s for
- A history of warriorhood traces colonial influence on Idoma and Samburu artistic practice.
- Genres
- African Art History, Colonialism & Its Aftermath, African Studies
- Published
- Indiana University Press, October 24, 2007
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Focusing on the theme of warriorhood, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir weaves a complex history of how colonial influence forever changed artistic practice, objects, and their meaning.
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Looking at two widely diverse cultures, the Idoma in Nigeria and the Samburu in Kenya, Kasfir makes a bold statement about the links between colonialism, the Europeans' image of Africans, Africans' changing self representation, and the impact of global trade on cultural artifacts and the making of art. This intriguing history of the interaction between peoples, aesthetics, morals, artistic objects and practices, and the global trade in African art challenges current ideas about artistic production and representation.
Warriorhood and Art
A history of warriorhood traces colonial influence on Idoma and Samburu artistic practice.
Come here for
- Idoma and Samburu art amid colonial change
- The effects of global trade on cultural artifacts
Expect
- European images of Africans alongside changing African self-representation
- Shifts in the meaning of artistic objects and practices
Where it sits
| African Art History | 97% |
|---|---|
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 42% |
| African Studies | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- African Art History
- African History
- Authors
- Stith Thompson, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- October 24, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- African Art History