Time and Its Object
A Perspective from Amerindian and Melanesian Societies on the Temporality of Images
This volume examines the way objects and images relate to and shape notions of temporality and history. Bringing together ethnographic studies from the Lowlands of Central and South America and Melanesia, it explores the temporality inhering in images and artefacts from a comparative perspective. The chapters focus on how peoples in both regions 'live in' and 'navigate' time each through their distinctive systems of images and the processes and actions by which these come to be manifest in objects. With original theoretical and ethnographic contributions, the book is valuable reading for scholars interested in visual and material culture and…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Küchler, Susanne (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-00-036695-2
- EAN: 9781000366952
- Produktnummer: 34889479
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 41 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 39 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 2 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen
Über den Autor
Paolo Fortis is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at Durham University. His work focuses on the relations between art, ontology, time and history. Susanne Küchler holds a PhD in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and has conducted fieldwork research in both island Melanesia and Eastern Polynesia over the past 25 years
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