The Messages of Tourist Art: An African Semiotic System in Comparative Perspective
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1475718292
ISBN13:9781475718294
Release Date:March 2013
Publisher:Springer
Length:266 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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