The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and CultureMargo Neale, Sylvia Kleinert, Robyne Bancroft The Companion is divided into two separate, but interconnected parts; part one is structured broadly on a chronological framework, offering a multi-perspective view of the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture; part two, the reference section extends the interpretative essays in part one, but also can be used as encyclopaedic entries; interpretative essays annotated individually. |
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