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Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa (Paperback)
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Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa (Paperback)
Series: Dress, Body, Culture
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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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