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Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin (in English)
Paula G. Ben-Amos; Ben-Amos; Paula Girshick (Author)
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Indiana University Press
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Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin (in English) - Paula G. Ben-Amos; Ben-Amos; Paula Girshick
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Synopsis "Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin (in 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 ReviewThe 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’AzevedoMaking 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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