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African Art in Transit

African Art in Transit( )
Author: Steiner, Christopher B.
ISBN:978-0-521-45752-1
Publication Date:Jan 1994
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $47.95
Book Description:

An absorbing analysis of the African art trade, looking at how the value and meaning of art is transformed as objects move from one culture to another.

Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Art / African
Art / Business Aspects
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm
Book Weight:0.39 Kilograms
Author Biography
Steiner, Christopher B. (Author)
Christopher B. Steiner is an author, researcher, and professor of Art History at Connecticut College. He is also the Director of the Museum Studies Program and directs the interdisciplinary Museum Studies Certificate Program. Steiner also taught art history and museum studies at the University of East Anglia, the University of Southern California, and the University of California - Los Angeles.

Steiner conducted field research on the African art trade while he was a Fulbright scholar in Ivory Coast in 1987-88. He was awarded a postdoctoral fellow at the American Museum of Natural History.

Steiner holds a B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the author of the award-winning book: African Art in Transit.

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