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Primitive Art in Civilized Places - Second Edition (Paperback, New Ed)
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Primitive Art in Civilized Places - Second Edition (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
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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.
"[Price] presents a literary collage of the Western attitude to
other cultures, and in particular to the visual art of the Third
and Fourth Worlds. . . . Her book is not about works of 'primitive
art' as such, but about the Western construction 'Primitive Art.'
It is a critique of Western ignorance and arrogance: ignorance
about other cultures and arrogance towards them."--Jeremy Coote,
"Times Literary Supplement"
"The book is infuriating, entertaining, and inspirational, leaving
one feeling less able than before to pass judgment on 'known'
genres of art, but feeling more confident for that."--Joel Smith,
"San Francisco Review of Books"
"[A] witty, but scholarly, indictment of the whole primitive-art
business, from cargo to curator. And because she employs sarcasm as
well as pedagogy, Price's book will probably forever deprive the
reader of the warm fuzzies he usually gets standing before the
display cases at the local ethnographic museum."--"Newsweek"
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