African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African HeadrestsAfrican Dream Machines takes African headrests out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of ‘art’ objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style and demonstrates the shortcomings of defining a single formal style model as exclusive to a single ethnic group. |
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African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests Anitra Nettleton Limited preview - 2007 |
African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests Anitra Nettleton Limited preview - 2007 |