Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa
Series: Dress, Body, Culture;
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Product details:
- Publisher Berg Publishers
- Date of Publication 1 March 1999
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781859732908
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 234x156x17 mm
- Weight 494 g
- Language English
- Illustrations illustrations, bibliography, index 0
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Short description:
Drawing examples from a range of African cultures, this book focuses on the art patronage systems that stimulate production, consumption, commodification and cultural meaning, and emphasizes the importance of cloth to aesthetic and cultural expression in African societies.
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Drawing examples from a wide range of African cultures, this ground-breaking book expands the continuing discourse on the aesthetic and cultural significance of cloth, body and dress in Africa and moves beyond contextual analysis to consider the broader application of cloth and dress to art forms in other media. In blending the concerns of Art History and Anthropology, the authors focus on the art patronage systems that stimulate production, consumption, commodification and cultural meaning, and emphasize the overriding importance of cloth to aesthetic and cultural expression in African societies. Through this approach they reveal complex processes that involve a series of actors, including textile artists, commissioning-patrons and consumer-patrons, all of whom shape cloth and dress traditions. These individuals not only influence production, but are a key to understanding the cultural meaning of cloth and dress and, by extension, the body in Africa.
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