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Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art (African Expressive Cultures)

Zoe S. Strother

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Description:Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in Central African art and includes images from heart-wrenching scenes of human trafficking to playful parodies of colonialists. Z. S. Strother contends that the dialectic of humor and violence reveals deep insights into the psychology of power and resistance that continues to operate in the region today. Her argument is built on a set of works of art that she was able to date and corroborates the important role that patronage and political and social history played in their creation. Strother argues that Central African ideas about the therapeutic power of humor initiate social change and upset power relations between oppressors and oppressed. This analysis plunges seemingly benign figures into a maelstrom of violence and crime--rape, murder, torture, and forced labor on a massive scale. By restoring the dialectic of humor, it reveals the complicated psychological co-dependency of Africans and Europeans over a long period of history and maintains that art plays a mediating function in the mechanics and ethics of power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art (African Expressive Cultures). To get started finding Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art (African Expressive Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in Central African art and includes images from heart-wrenching scenes of human trafficking to playful parodies of colonialists. Z. S. Strother contends that the dialectic of humor and violence reveals deep insights into the psychology of power and resistance that continues to operate in the region today. Her argument is built on a set of works of art that she was able to date and corroborates the important role that patronage and political and social history played in their creation. Strother argues that Central African ideas about the therapeutic power of humor initiate social change and upset power relations between oppressors and oppressed. This analysis plunges seemingly benign figures into a maelstrom of violence and crime--rape, murder, torture, and forced labor on a massive scale. By restoring the dialectic of humor, it reveals the complicated psychological co-dependency of Africans and Europeans over a long period of history and maintains that art plays a mediating function in the mechanics and ethics of power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art (African Expressive Cultures). To get started finding Humor and Violence: Seeing Europeans in Central African Art (African Expressive Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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