- Title :
-
Interpreting objects and collections; New York; Routledge
Collecting ourselves
- Author :
- CLIFFORD, J. ;
- Publication year :
- 1994
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Examines the motivations underlying the Western practise of collecting non-Western objects, particularly those from Africa. Discusses the ways that exotic objects have been contextualized and given value in Western institutions and scholarship, and the role of anthropology in this process. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 1 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Afrique ; Anthropologie ; Art ; Collectionneurs ; Collections ; Contexte ; Coût ; Erudition ; Exotisme ; Non-Occidental (art) ; Valeur esthétique ; 1900-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Africa ; Anthropology ; Art ; Collections ; Collectors ; Context ; Cost ; Exoticism ; Non-Western (art) ; Scholarship ; Value (aesthetics) ; 1900-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24874575 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 04151128850415112893 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
