Imagery and Creativity: Ethnoaesthetics and Art Worlds in the Americas

From pottery to story to carnivals, various forms of artistic expression from the Americas can be shown to reflect universal human imagery and creativity. In this collection, contributors from a variety of disciplines utilize an ethnoaesthetic perspective to place art forms within their cultural and social milieus, and address the problem of understanding culturally patterned, creative expressions caught up in organized art worlds.The book presents an array of contemporary and ancient arts of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, ranging from the cultural heritage of the Central Andes and Mesoamerica to contemporary peoples who share a legacy of colonial domination--such as Native American artists of Canada and the American Southwest, the Saramaka Maroons of Suriname, Trinidadian Carnival designers, and the Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816512477
• ISBN13: 9780816512478
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"