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Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art
Z. S. Strother
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Description for Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art
Paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages, 118 color illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 5487 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in Central African art in images ranging from heart-wrenching scenes of human trafficking to playful parodies of colonialists. Z. S. Strother contends that the dialectic of humor and violence reveals deep insights into the psychology of power and resistance that continues to operate in the region today. Her argument is built on a set of works of art and demonstrates the important role that patronage and political and social history played in their creation. Strother conveys Central African ideas about how the therapeutic power of humor can initiate social change ... Read more
Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in Central African art in images ranging from heart-wrenching scenes of human trafficking to playful parodies of colonialists. Z. S. Strother contends that the dialectic of humor and violence reveals deep insights into the psychology of power and resistance that continues to operate in the region today. Her argument is built on a set of works of art and demonstrates the important role that patronage and political and social history played in their creation. Strother conveys Central African ideas about how the therapeutic power of humor can initiate social change ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
African Expressive Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253022677
SKU
V9780253022677
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About Z. S. Strother
Z. S. Strother is Riggio Professor of African Art at Columbia University. She is author of Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende, winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/faculty/Strother.html
Reviews for Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art
This well-written, meticulously researched study will be valuable to all who are interested in African arts.
Choice
Humor and Violence's depth of research and radical interdisciplinarity is breathtaking.
The Art Bulletin
Strother's expertise, notably, the reading of objects as texts is both highly compelling and thought-provoking, and ultimately, herein lies the book's strength. ... Read more
Choice
Humor and Violence's depth of research and radical interdisciplinarity is breathtaking.
The Art Bulletin
Strother's expertise, notably, the reading of objects as texts is both highly compelling and thought-provoking, and ultimately, herein lies the book's strength. ... Read more