Cultural Perspectives--listed in descending order by publication date
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Eurocentrism : modernity, religion, and democracy : a critique of eurocentrism and culturalism byCall Number: 306.3094 Am54e:E2010ISBN: 9781906387785Publication Date: 2010Main Stacks
A discussion of how a worldview dominated by a focus on European culture and history impacts attitudes, interpretations, and politics. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Calliope's Sisters: a comparative study of philosophies of art
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Call Number: 700.1 An243c2004ISBN: 013093609XPublication Date: 2004-01-12Main Stacks
A substantial suvey of the philosophies of art in various cultures. Includes maps, bibliographical references, and an index. -
Orientalist Aesthetics - Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa 1880 - 1930
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Call Number: Q. 758.995 B438oISBN: 0520222172Publication Date: 2003-02-03Architecture & Art
A study and critique of Orientalism. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Unpacking Culture: art and commodity in colonial and postcolonial worlds byCall Number: 306.47 Un6ISBN: 0520207963Publication Date: 1999-01-30Main Stacks
A collection of essays on the relationships between tourism and art, art and global society, and the economic aspects of art. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Death of Authentic Primitive Art and Other Tales of Progress byCall Number: 709.011 Er78dISBN: 0520210956Publication Date: 1998-12-21Main Stacks
A study of the impact of globalization on ethnic art. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Scandal of Pleasure: art in an age of fundamentalism
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Call Number: 111.8509045 ST35Sl; BH39 .S8146 1995ISBN: 0226772233Publication Date: 1995-12-18Main Stacks; Undergraduate Library
A study of conflicts between modern aesthetics and religious fundamentalism. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts byCall Number: 700 M199OISBN: 0719018617Publication Date: 1995-07-01Architecture & Art
A survey of views on Orientalism. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Gone Primitive: savage intellects, modern lives
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ISBN: 9780226808321Publication Date: 1991-08-13Oak St. [request only]
A study of primitivism in modern art and popular culture. Includes bibliographical references. -
Mixed Blessings: New Art in Multicultural America byCall Number: 704.06930973 L664MISBN: 0394577590Publication Date: 1990-10-31Architecture & Art
A study of ethnic art, minority artists, and intercultural communication. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Predicament of Culture: twentieth-century ethnography, literature, and art byCall Number: 306.09 C612p; GN308 .C55 1988ISBN: 0674698428Publication Date: 1988-05-18Architecture & Art; Social Sciences, Health & Education Library; History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library; and Undergraduate Library
A history and philosophical discussion of 20th-century ethnology, art, and literature. Includes a bibliography and an index. -
Altarity byCall Number: 110 T216AISBN: 0226791378Publication Date: 1987-11-10Oak St.
A collection of essays by well-known critics on difference and "otherness" in 19th- and 20th-century history, philosophy, and culture. Contents: 1. Conception: G.W.F. Hegel; 2. Cleaving: Martin Heidegger; 3. Carnality: Maurice Merleau-Ponty; 4. Real: Jacques Lacan; 5. Ecstasy: Georges Bataille; 6. Woman: Julia Kristeva; 7. Infinity: Emmanuel Levinas; 8. Nots: Maurice Blanchot; 9. Rewriting: Jacques Derrida; 10. Transgression: Søren Kierkegaard. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Black Athena : the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization byCall Number: 949.5 B456bPublication Date: 1987Vol. 1 & 2 in Main Stacks and Oak St.; Vol. 3 in Classics
A 3-volume study of Egyptian and Phoenician influences on Ancient Greek culture. Vol. 1. The fabrication of ancient Greece, 1785-1985; Vol. 2. The archaeological and documentary evidence; Vol. 3. The linguistic evidence. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. -
Primitivism in Modern Art
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Call Number: 759.9 G58P1986ISBN: 0674704908Publication Date: 1986-12-23Architecture & Art
A study of primitivism in 19th- and 20th-century art. Includes an index. -
Orientalism
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Call Number: 950.072 Sa21o1979ISBN: 9780394740676Publication Date: 1979-10-12History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library; Literatures & Languages; Music & Performing Arts
This critique of traditional Western views of Asia and the Middle East is generally considered required by anyone studying literature, history, philosophy, and/or the arts. Includes bibliographical references and index. -
The Interpretation of Cultures: selected essays
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Call Number: 301.2 G27iISBN: 9780465097197Publication Date: 1977-05-19Communications; History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library; Literatures & Languages Library; Social Sciences, Health, & Education Library; Also Online at above link
A collection of essays on cultural theory, some of which use Java, Bali, and the "New States" as examples. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Savage Mind
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Call Number: 572 L568PE; GN451 .L3813 1966ISBN: 9780226474847Publication Date: 1968-09-15Communications; History, Philosophy & Newspaper; Oak St.; Social Sciences, Health & Education; and Undergraduate Library
An oft-cited ethnopsychological study, part of the critical canon. With a bibliography.
