Beyond aesthetics : use, abuse, and dissonance in African art traditions / Wole Soyinka.
Beyond aesthetics : use, abuse, and dissonance in African art traditions / Wole Soyinka.
Beyond aesthetics : use, abuse, and dissonance in African art traditions / Wole Soyinka.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2021/0221
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Language
English
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Physical content
159 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Edition
First Edition.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The playwright, poet, essayist, activist, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is also a longtime art collector. In this book of essays, he offers a glimpse into the motivations of the collector, as well as a highly personal look at the politics of aesthetics and collecting. Detailing moments of first encounter with objects that drew him in and continu...
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Beyond aesthetics : use, abuse, and dissonance in African art traditions / Wole Soyinka.
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Notes
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Richard D Cohen lectures on African & African American art.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2021/0221
Record Identifier
74VKa7OLVpJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7OLVpJy
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ISBN
0300247621
9780300247626
DDC
709.6
MMS ID
991024384207302626
