Primitive art in civilized places

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Primitive art in civilized places

Sally Price

University of Chicago Press, 1991, c1989

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Bibliography: p.137-145

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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

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  • NCID
    BA25037070
  • ISBN
    • 0226680649
  • LCCN
    89004932
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 145 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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