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Arte primitivo en tierra civilizada

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¿Que tiene de "primitivo" el "arte primitivo"? ¿Y que criterios tenemos que usar para juzgarlo? A partir de una intrigante combinacion de fuentes -que incluyen anuncios de moda y peliculas, sus propias investigaciones antropologicas y hasta tiras comicas como Doonesbury- Price explora la arrogancia cultural implicita en la apropiacion que hace Occidente del arte no occidental.

"Price devela una fascinante historia de las muchas expediciones que en busca de cultura exotica se hacen en el siglo XX." Michael W. Perri, Utne Reader

"Una denuncia amena pero erudita de todo el negocio del arte primitivo... Un tratado sucinto y claro." Peter Plagens, Newsweek

"Price resulta esclarecedora de muchas maneras... Podemos leer su libro -a ratos entretenido, a ratos acerbo- para ver como nos revela las suposiciones que muchas veces ni siquiera sabemos que hacemos. Lo que nos enseña tiene tanta aplicacion a la politica como a la historia del arte." Marina Vaizey , London Sunday Times

"Price es particularmente aguda en su relacion de la idea de una hermandad global." Nicholas Penny , London Review of Books

"El libro es enfurecedor, entretenido y nos sirve de inspiracion; nos hace sentir menos capaces que antes de emitir juicios sobre generos "conocidos" del arte, pero por eso mismo nos hace sentir mas confianza." Joel Smith, San Francisco Review of Books

Sally Price ha enseñado antropologia e historia del arte en Johns Hopkins, Minnesota, y en Stanford, y vive ahora en la Martinica.

181 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

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72 reviews4 followers
January 6, 2022
Un saggio molto lucido sul rapporto tra arte occidentale e arte indigena, e sul modo in cui quest'ultima è stata predata da esploratori e artisti occidentali con la scusa della ricerca e della valorizzazione. Il testo risulta anche molto scorrevole e piacevole alla lettura, con una punta di sarcasmo che non stona mai.
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398 reviews88 followers
July 29, 2007
Once in a while you read a book that literally pulls the rug from under your feet; this was one of those. It truly changed the way I looked at the world, and for ever redefined the concept of "civilization".
Profile Image for Rachel.
432 reviews4 followers
September 4, 2017
Pretty good book. The author assumes the reader is reasonably aware of western art. Early on I was annoyed that much of the quoted information seemed to contradict the author's point, but it may just have been the density of the writing that required more attention from the reader.
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3 reviews4 followers
May 15, 2018
I really recommend this book to anyone interested in history of colonialism and its impact on people's way of understanding our world, and in this case extra-european art. The argumentation is brillant and educational.
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6 reviews
December 29, 2022
Sicuramente un libro di divulgazione molto interessante ma comunque abbastanza complesso da leggere. Necessaria a parer mio una basica conoscenza di antropologia, soprattutto di antropologia dei beni culturali (esame per cui ho letto questo saggio)
Profile Image for Alessia Antognetti.
14 reviews
December 21, 2022
Libro molto bello e scorrevole. Ho adorato la forte presa di posizione dell'autrice, il suo sarcasmo e anche la postfazione, dove ha ripreso gli argomenti trattati, dopo parecchi anni dalla prima stesura, per fare sì che questo rimanga un libro attuale.
Profile Image for Valerie Campo Tranchida.
64 reviews4 followers
October 25, 2023
Assolutamente consigliato agli addetti ai lavori (studiosi o appassionati nei campi dell'antropologia e dell'arte).
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8 reviews19 followers
January 20, 2010
Would highly reccommended as an introduction to certain museological/political issues in the field of African/Oceanic/American/Tribal/"Primitive"/"Other"/etc Art/"Art." Indeed, I wish I had read this text at the beginning of my studies in the area, rather than as a (somewhat redundant) addition to a long genaeology of similar (and inferior) texts...
3 reviews4 followers
February 15, 2009
must read for any one in art education, art history etc..
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