{"product_id":"humor-and-violence-9780253022677","title":"Humor and Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work should be of great interest to students, scholars, and a general audience interested in African visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Arts *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis well-written, meticulously researched study will be valuable to all who are interested in African arts.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHumor and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent book of art historical scholarship and a pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrother's expertise, notably, the \"reading\" of objects as texts is both highly compelling and thought-provoking, and ultimately, herein lies the book's strength. It is well written in accessible narrative style lavishly accompanied by color and black-and-white photographs, together with hand-drawn sketches. This book will no doubt find itself on the bookshelves of those interested in African art. \u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumor and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e's depth of research and radical interdisciplinarity is breathtaking.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Art Bulletin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. Warning! What do you see? A white man? Or an over-dressed one?\u003cbr\u003e3. New Commodities on the Loango Coast (1840-1880)\u003cbr\u003e4. Depictions of Human Trafficking on Loango Ivories in the 1880s\u003cbr\u003e5. Humor in the Hygiene of Power (ca. 1885-1915)\u003cbr\u003e6. By Congolese, for Congolese (1910s-40s) \u003cbr\u003e7. The African Victim in the Congolese Imaginary (1950s-1997)\u003cbr\u003eCoda: Congolese Perspectives on Humor and Redemption\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400558944599,"sku":"9780253022677","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253022677.jpg?v=1730470979","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/humor-and-violence-9780253022677","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}