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- English
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This edited volume, including contributions from scholars with different areas of specialization, investigates a broad range of methodologies, ideologies and pedagogies focusing on the study of the art of Africa, using theoretical reflections and applications from primitivism to metamodernism.
Chapters break the externally imposed boundaries of Africa-related works beyond the conventional fragments of traditional, contemporary and diaspora. The contributions are significantly broad in their methodologies, ideologies and pedagogical coverage; yet, they all address various aspects of African artistic creativity, demonstrating the possibilities for analytical experiments that art history presents to scholars of the discipline today. The ĂwĂ (character) of each approach is unique; nevertheless, each is useful toward a fuller understanding of African art studies as an independent aspect of art historical research that is a branch or bud of the larger family of art history. The volume respects, highlights and celebrates the distinctiveness of each methodical approach, recognizing its contribution to the overall character or ĂwĂ of African art studies.
The book will be of interest to students in undergraduate or graduate, intermediate or advanced courses as well as scholars in art history and African studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Metamodern Studies of African Art: Traditions, Innovations and Interventions
- 1 On the Invention of âTraditionalâ Art
- 2 Sensiotics or the Study of the Senses in Material Culture and History in Africa and Beyond
- 3 Dancing Nkhoba: The Flow of Sound and Healthy Bodies in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania
- 4 African Meanings, Western Words
- 5 Chwuechology: Indigenous African Art Education
- 6 Azande and Mangbetu Artists as Social Critics in the Belgian Congo 1909â1915: What Are the Implications for Contemporary Artists and Museums Today?
- 7 Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes
- 8 Conflict and Peace: Gender and Spiritual Dimensions of EgĂșngĂșn Performance
- 9 ĂbĂ FĂșn ObĂŹnrin: Monochromatic Mythography of Yoruba Female Power
- 10 Creativity and Identity Construction in Contemporary Yoruba Art
- 11 African Art, the Venice Biennale, and the Politics of Visibility
- 12 The Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors: Africa in New Orleans
- 13 Speaking into Being: The Resonance of Empathy in the Work of Elizabeth Catlett
- 14 Sacred Spaces: Antonius Roberts and Public Sanctuaries
- 15 Reflections and Reminiscences Revisited: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, African-Based Worldviews, and Cross-Cultural Diasporic Connections
- 16 Akwaaba/Continuum: Manifesto of an African Artist
- 17 ĂáčŁĂč áșžleÌÌŁgba Agency in the Critical Imagery of African American Artist John Yancey
- 18 Toward a Sonic African Diasporic Re-Membering
- Addendum: Voices
- Index