Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin

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ISBN10: 0253335035
ISBN13: 9780253335036
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Aug 1 1999
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Benos-Amos opens for the reader richly detailed adn nuanced vistas into the intellectual and cultural history of one of the major kingdoms of precolonial West Africa. - African Studies Review The wealth of historiographic resources, the command of relevant literature, the ethnographic research and prudent use of oral traditions give this work a high degree of . . . intellectual excitement. . . . a landmark in the field. -Warren d'Azevedo Making use of archival and oral resources in this extensively researched book, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political strategy. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority?

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