Folk Art Potters of Japan: Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics

By Brian Moeran and Moeran Brian

Book Overview

Not only rewrites the history of contemporary Western ceramics but also engages in two important discourses in anthropology today: one concerned with art and aesthetics; the other with Orientalism. Amply illustrated, with a frank description of the operation of Japan's art pottery world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700710396
• ISBN13: 9780700710393
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"