African Dream Machines
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African Dream Machines

Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests

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eBook - ePub

African Dream Machines

Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests

About this book

African Dream Machines takes African headrests out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style and demonstrates the shortcomings of defining a single formal style model as exclusive to a single ethnic group.
Among the artefacts made by southern African peoples, headrests were the best known. Anitra Nettleton's study of the uses and forms of headrests opened up a number of art-historical methodologies in the attempt to gain an understanding of form, style and content in African art objects. Her drawings of each and every headrest encountered become a major part of the project.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Notes on the Use of African Ethnic Names and Country and Place Names
  9. References to Illustrations in the Text and Notes on Illustrations
  10. Chapter 1: Headrests and Art
  11. Chapter 2: A Matter of Style, or, Why Style Matters
  12. Chapter 3: Methodology, Position and Limitations
  13. Chapter 4: The Geographical and Chronological Distribution of the Columned Headrest
  14. Chapter 5: Authenticity and History
  15. Chapter 6: East African Headrests: Identity, Form and Aesthetics
  16. Chapter 7: Tracing Histories: Central and Southern African Connections
  17. Chapter 8: Not Just a Curious Beauty: The Anatomy of Meaning in Useful Objects
  18. Notes to Chapters
  19. Bibliography
  20. List of Illustrations
  21. Index