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ERIC #:
EJ429521
Title:
African Women in the Visual Arts.
Authors:
Aronson, Lisa
Descriptors:
African Culture; African Studies; Anthropology; Art History; Bemba; Ethnography; Folk Culture; Foreign Countries; Fulani; Ganda; Igbo; Material Culture; Mende; Religious Cultural Groups; Sex Role; Shona; Visual Arts; Womens Studies; Yoruba
Source:
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, v16 n3 p550-74 Spr 1991
Explores recent studies in anthropology, art history, and archeology on African women's art from a feminist theoretical perspective. Relates women's arts to several sociological and economic factors and suggests new avenues of exploration, especially in the face of urbanization and modernization. (CJS)