Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Cote d'Ivoire
is an investigation of the methods employed by art historians who
study creative production in Africa. While providing insights into
the rich visual arts of the Lagoon Peoples of southeastern Cote
d'Ivoire, this study is one of the few attempts by an Africanist to
situate local and regional artistic practices in the context of the
global art market, and to trace the varied receptions an African
art work is given as it leaves a local context and enters an
international one. Drawing on her three seasons of fieldwork among
Akan populations in Cote d'Ivoire, Monica Blackmun Visona provides
a comprehensive account of a major art-producing region of Africa,
and explores such topics as gender roles in performance, the role
of sculpture in divination, and the interchange of arts and ideas
across ethnic boundaries. The book also addresses issues inherent
in research practices, such as connoisseurship and participant
observation, and examines theoretical positions that have had an
impact on the discipline of African art history.
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