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The Messages of Tourist Art. An African Semiotic System in Comparative Perspective.
Bennetta Jules-Rosette
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Paperback. Series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
Tourist art may be a billion dollar business. Nevertheless, such art is despised. What is worse, the "bad" culture is seen as driving out the "good. " Commer cialization is assumed to destroy traditional arts and crafts, replacing them with junk. The process is seen as demeaning to artists in the traditional societies, who are seduced into a type of whoredom: unfeeling production of false beauty for money. The arts remain problematic for the social sciences. Sociology textbooks treat the arts as subordinate reflections of social forces, norms, or groups. An thropology textbooks conventionally isolate the arts in a separate ... Read more
Tourist art may be a billion dollar business. Nevertheless, such art is despised. What is worse, the "bad" culture is seen as driving out the "good. " Commer cialization is assumed to destroy traditional arts and crafts, replacing them with junk. The process is seen as demeaning to artists in the traditional societies, who are seduced into a type of whoredom: unfeeling production of false beauty for money. The arts remain problematic for the social sciences. Sociology textbooks treat the arts as subordinate reflections of social forces, norms, or groups. An thropology textbooks conventionally isolate the arts in a separate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Contemporary Semiotics
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475718294
SKU
V9781475718294
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