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Becoming art : exploring cross-cultural categories / Howard Morphy.

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ISBN	9781921410123 (pbk. :
Author	Morphy, Howard
Title	Becoming art : exploring cross-cultural categories / Howard Morphy.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2008.
Description	xv, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm..
Note	Includes index.
Note	First published by Berg Publishers, Oxford, 2008.
Bibliography	Bibliography : p. [213]-222.
Summary	"Thirty years ago Australian Aboriginal art was little more than a footnote to world art. Today, it is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. "Becoming Art" provides a new analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art. Transcending the boundaries between anthropology and art history, the book draws on arguments from both disciplines to provide a unique interdisciplinary perpective the places the artists themselves at the centre of the argument. Western art history has traditionally regarded Aboriginal art as distanced from time and place. "Becoming Art" uses recent history of Aboriginal art to challenge some of the presuppositions of western art discourse and western art worlds. It argues for a more cross-cultural perspective on world art history."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects	Art, Aboriginal Australian
Subjects	Arts and society
Call number	702.039915 MOR
Call number	EDWARDS 702.039915 MOR

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00610731	702.039915 MOR	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .
A00768817	EDWARDS 702.039915 MOR	Edwards Collection		. Not for Loan .