Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin

• Authors: Paula Ben-Amos - Ben-Amos - Paula Girshick - Paula G. Ben-Amos
• ISBN 10: 0253335035
• ISBN 13: 9780253335036
• Release: August 1, 1999
• Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
• List Price: $39.95
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  List Price: $39.95

  Tags: Arts & Photography, History & Criticism, General,

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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’AzevedoMaking 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?

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