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OverviewThis book provides an introduction to anthropological perspectives on art. Svasek defines art as a social process. We study not only the artefacts themselves and the values attributed to them, but also the process of production and its wider context. Providing a critical overview of various anthropological theories of art, Svasek offers a new perspective which centres on the analysis of commoditisation, aestheticisation and object agency. She explores the process of collecting and exhibiting art works and how this relates to art's production, distribution and consumption in an increasingly global market. The book outlines the significance of art and aesthetics in everyday life, and examines the shifting boundaries between art and other categories such as kitsch, souvenirs, propaganda and pornography. Finally, Svasek argues for an anthropological perspective that links the production and consumption of artefacts to political, religious and other cultural processes. Ideal as a teaching text, this book gives a detailed overview of themes that are central to the fields of art history, art sociology and cultural studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maruska SvasekPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.352kg ISBN: 9780745317946ISBN 10: 0745317944 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 20 February 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Art: Anthropological Perspectives 2. Objects, Representation, and Power 3. The Politics of Museum Display 4. Theorising Art: from Evolutionism to Structuralism 5. Theorising Art: from Post-Structuralism to Postmodernism and Beyond 6. Art, Society, and Culture 7. Art Production, Distribution, Consumption 8. Art and its Boundaries 9. ConclusionReviewsI find it difficult to criticize this book as it includes all thetopics that I would wish to see in a modern textbook on the social anthropology of art ... I very much welcome this proposal -- Jeremy MacClancy, Oxford Brookes, editor of one of Berg's books on art, politics and identity I find it difficult to criticize this book as it includes all thetopics that I would wish to see in a modern textbook on the social anthropology of art ... I very much welcome this proposal -- Jeremy MacClancy, Oxford Brookes, editor of one of Berg,s books on art, politics and identity Author InformationMaruska Svasek is Reader in Anthropology at the School of History and Anthropology at Queens University, Belfast. She is the author of Mixed Emotions (Berg 2005), Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production (Pluto 2007), Emotions and Human Mobility (Routledge 2012) and Moving Subjects, Moving Objects (Berghahn 2012). She is co-editor of the Berghahn series Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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