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The Traditional artist in African societies

Title
The Traditional artist in African societies / Warren L. d'Azevedo, editor.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1973]

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D'Azevedo, Warren L.
Description
xxi, 454 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
Note
  • Erratum slip inserted.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 435-454.
Contents
  • Yoruba artistic criticism / Robert Farris Thompson -- A Yoruba master carver : Duga of Meko / William Bascom -- The musicians in Akan society / J.H. Kwabena Nketia -- The role of the carver in Anang society / John C. Messenger -- A sociocultural view of Hausa musical activity / David W. Ames -- enkyagu as artists in Marghi society / James H. Vaughan, Jr. -- The exposition and imposition of order : artistic expression in Fang culture / James Fernandez -- Aesthetic value and professionalism in African art : three cases from the Katanga Chokwe / Daniel J. Crowley -- The Bala musician / Alan P. Merriam -- Sources of Gola artistry / Warren L. d'Azevedo -- On the sphere of social validity in African art : sociological reflections on ethnographic data / K. Peter Etzkorn.
  • Art and the anthropological lens / George Mills -- Conceptual problems relating to the comparative study of art / John Ladd -- Approaches to non-Western art / Roy Sieber.
ISBN
0253399017
LCCN
79160126
OCLC
ocm00803826
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries