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Paperback Primitive Art in Civilized Places: Second Edition Book

ISBN: 0226680673

ISBN13: 9780226680675

Primitive Art in Civilized Places: Second Edition

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What is so "primitive" about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge it? Drawing on an intriguing mixture of sources-including fashion ads and films, her own anthropological research, and even comic strips like Doonesbury--Price explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art.

" Price] presents a literary collage of the Western attitude to other cultures, and in particular...

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Will change the way you think about "natural history"!

Sally Price makes a great point in this small, readable book -- Westerners place so-called "primitive" art (art from non-Western countries) into a different category than "Western art." This is why one must usually visit a natural history museum to see non-Western art! The "primitive" artist is nameless and supposedly representative of his/her entire society. Could we say the same of Western artists? Price discusses these and similar intriguing questions about why Western societies view non-Western art as closer to nature than to culture.
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