In recent decades, the dialogue between art and anthropology has been both intense and
controversial. Art, Anthropology and the Gift provides a much-needed and comprehensive …

The present chapter intends to delineate and assess the future potentials of the main fields
of the anthropology of art. I will not engage here in the definitional issues surrounding the …

This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the
anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the …

Between Art and Anthropology provides new and challenging arguments for considering
contemporary art and anthropology in terms of fieldwork practice. Artists and anthropologists …

The anthropology of art has entered an exciting stage in its history. It is in the process of
moving from its place as a minority interest that most anthropologists could neglect towards …

Anthropology and Art Practice takes an innovative look at new experimental work informed
by the newly-reconfigured relationship between the arts and anthropology. This practice …

While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and contemporary art has
long been recognized, the discussion has tended to be among scholars from North America …

This collection of essays on anthropological approaches to art and aesthetics is the first in its
field to be published for some time. In recent years a number of new galleries of non …

Contemporary Art and Anthropology takes a new and exciting approach to representational
practices within contemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally, the anthropology of art …

The anthropology of art is currently at a crossroads. Although well versed in the meaning of
art in small-scale tribal societies, anthropologists are still wrestling with the question of how …