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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?

yazar :Paula G. Ben-Amos
Isbn 10 :0253335035
Isbn 13 :978-0253335036
yayınevi :Indiana University Press
Tarafından gönderildi Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin:22 Ağustos 1999