Primitive Art in Civilized Places by Sally Price

Primitive Art in Civilized Places by Sally Price

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Primitive Art in Civilized Places by Sally Price

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
Price, Sally: - Sally Price is the Duane A. and Virginia S. Dittman Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at the College of William and Mary. She is the author or coauthor of more than fifteen books, including Primitive Art in Civilized Places, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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ISBN 13 9780226680644
ISBN 10 0226680649
Title Primitive Art in Civilized Places
Author Sally Price
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1991-05-07
Number of pages 160
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