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Humor and violence : seeing Europeans in Central African art / Z.S. Strother

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VerfasserStrother, Z. S.
Titel Humor and violence : seeing Europeans in Central African art / Z.S. Strother
Weitere TitelSeeing Europeans in Central African art
VeröffentlichungBloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Umfang / Format xv, 344 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm
SpracheEnglisch
ISBN978-0-253-02267-7
Nummer1628487763 (K10Plus-Nummer)
Schriftenreihe (African expressive cultures)
Schlagwörter Demokratische Republik Kongo
Europabild
Gewalt <Motiv>
Humor <Motiv>
Kunst
Systematik Wk 01 Völkerkunde, allgemein
Kd 02 Ikonographie: Einzelne profane Themen und Motive A-Z
Inhalt "Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in Central African art in images ranging 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 and demonstrates the important role that patronage and political and social history played in their creation. Strother conveys Central African ideas about how the therapeutic power of humor can 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, this study reveals the complicated psychological codependency 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."--Front cover flap
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