{"product_id":"african-art-and-agency-in-the-workshop-african-expressive-cultures-9780253007490","title":"African Art and Agency in the Workshop African","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscusses the role of the workshop in the creation of African art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican Art and Agency in the Workshop is a major contribution to African art history. It ushers in new canonical knowledge and a vital, wide-ranging discussion of the history of workshops within a thoughtful analytical frame.\u003c\/p\u003e * Anthropology of Work *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very good book, and however involved the process of putting it together has been, the end result should inform students of African art history for some time to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Bulletin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis worthy addition to Indiana University Press' African Expressive Cultures series contains a broad array of data derived from archival research and fieldwork, as well as artists' observations drawn from direct workshop participation.\u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of African Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropologists and aficionados alike will undoubtedly be stimulated by many of the ideas put forth in this work, which deal with all the most current contemporary issues in the fields of African anthropology and art history. And since the workshop theory is universal in scope, it deserves the attention it is given here and further investigations by others.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Arts *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken as a whole, the case studies provide a wide window into the very diverse structural and functional characteristics of workshops. They also clearly describe how African workshops have served both contemporary political and cultural needs and have responded to patronage, whether it be traditional or stimulated by tourism. Equally important, some of the case studies demonstrate that diversity of forms can thrive within workshop organizations propelled by individual creativity and a desire to self-differentiate.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[These] essays are augmented with data from fieldwork done by the editors in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania. To make the volume as formidable as it stands, chapters have been added by the coeditors' intellectual colleagues who have conducted fieldwork in the above-named countries, as well as in Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa. Spring 2014\u003c\/p\u003e * Africa Today *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis interesting volume is highly recommended, especially for institutions that have collections covering artistic practice, African studies, postcolonial studies, and art history.\u003c\/p\u003e * ARLIS\/NA Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Rethinking the Workshop \\ Till Förster and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir\u003cbr\u003eThe Contributions to This Book \\ Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and Till Förster\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Production, Education, and Learning\u003cbr\u003e 1. Grace Dieu Mission in South Africa: Defining the Modern Art Workshop in Africa \\ Elizabeth Morton\u003cbr\u003e 2. Follow the Wood: Carving and Political Cosmology in Oku, Cameroon \\ Nicolas Argenti\u003cbr\u003e 3. Masters, Trend-makers, and Producers: The Village of Nsei, Cameroon, as a Multisited Pottery Workshop \\ Silvia Forni\u003cbr\u003e 4. An Artist's Notes on the Triangle Workshops, Zambia and South Africa \\ Namubiru Rose Kirumira and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Audience and Encounters \u003cbr\u003e 5. Stitched-up Women, Pinned-down Men: Gender Politics in Weya and Mapula Needlework, Zimbabwe and South Africa \\ Brenda Schmahmann\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rethinking Mbari Mbayo: Osogbo Workshops in the 1960s, Nigeria \\ Chika Okeke-Agulu\u003cbr\u003e 7. Working on the Small Difference: Notes on the Making of Sculpture in Tengenenge, Zimbabwe \\ Christine Scherer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Navigating Nairobi: Artists in a Workshop System, Kenya \\ Jessica Gerschultz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Patronage and Domination\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lewanika's Workshop and the Vision of Lozi Arts, Zambia \\ Karen E. Milbourne\u003cbr\u003e 10. Artesaos da Nossa Pátria: Makonde Blackwood Sculptors, Cooperatives, and the Art of Socialist Revolution in Postcolonial Mozambique \\ Alexander Bortolot\u003cbr\u003e 11. Frank McEwen and Joram Mariga: Patron and Artist in the Rhodesian Workshop School Setting, Zimbabwe \\ Elizabeth Morton\u003cbr\u003e 12. \"A Matter of Must\": Continuities and Change in the Adugbologe Woodcarving Workshop in Abeokuta, Nigeria \\ Norma H. Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4. Comparative Aspects \u003cbr\u003e 13. Work and Workshop: The Iteration of Style and Genre in Two Workshop Settings, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon \\ Till Förster\u003cbr\u003e 14. Apprentices and Entrepreneurs: The Workshop and Style Uniformity in Sub-Saharan Africa \\ Sidney Littlefield Kasfir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: Apprentices and Entrepreneurs Revisited: Twenty Years of Workshop Changes, 1987-2007 \\ Sidney Littlefield Kasfir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400532107607,"sku":"9780253007490","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-art-and-agency-in-the-workshop-african-expressive-cultures-9780253007490","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}