{"product_id":"the-scramble-for-art-in-central-africa-hardback-9780521583497","title":"The Scramble for Art in Central Africa (Hardback) 9780521583497","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Scramble for Art in Central Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about the expeditions from Europe and North America to collect African art objects at the turn of the century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEnid Schildkrout (Edited by), Curtis A. Keim (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521583497, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 March 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 29 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a volume which will certainly sit in many libraries amongst the essential reads of the history of collecting in all its applications.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWestern attitudes to Africa have been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the arts and artefacts that were brought back by the early collectors, exhibited in museums, and celebrated by scholars and artists in the metropolitan centres. The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artefacts that were brought to Europe and America from Congo towards the end of the nineteenth century, and became the subjects of museum displays. They also present fascinating case studies of the pioneering collectors, including such major figures as Frobenius and Torday. They discuss the complex and sensitive issues involved in the business of 'collecting', and show how the collections and exhibitions influenced academic debates about the categories of art and artefact, and the notion of authenticity, and challenged conventional aesthetic values, as modern Western artists began to draw on African models.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Objects and agendas: re-collecting the Congo Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Enlightened but in darkness': interpretations of Kuba art and culture at the turn of the twentieth century David A. Binkley and Patricia J. Darish\u003cbr\u003e 3. Kuba art and the birth of ethnography John Mack\u003cbr\u003e 4. Curios and curiosity: notes on reading Torday and Frobenius Johannes Fabian\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: on the ethnography and economics of collecting, from Leo Frobenius' Nochmals zu den Bakubavölkern Johannes Fabian\u003cbr\u003e 5. Artes Africanae: the western discovery of 'art' in northeastern Congo Curtis A. Keim\u003cbr\u003e 6. Nineteenth-century images of the Mangbetu in explorers' accounts Christaud M. Geary\u003cbr\u003e 7. Personal styles and disciplinary paradigms: Frederick Starr and Herbert Lang Enid Schildkrout\u003cbr\u003e 8. Where art and ethnology met: the Ward African collection at the Smithsonian Mary Jo Arnoldi\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Magic, or as we usually say, art': a framework for comparing European and African art Wyatt MacGaffey\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066015928600,"sku":"9780521583497","price":85.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521583497i.jpg?v=1691408848","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-scramble-for-art-in-central-africa-hardback-9780521583497","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}