The Death of Authentic Primitive Art: And Other Tales of Progress
"A witty study of those artfully fabricated objects that inhabit our museums—how people talkaboutthem and how people talkwiththem. It is graceful, careful, profound, original, and sophisticated not only as cultural analysis but also as political history."—Hildred Geertz, Princeton University"Errington's provocative book on the historic construction of "Primitive Art" is a "must read" for the growing numbers of scholars investigating issues of artistic authenticity, legitimacy, models of progress, and the market."—Suzanne Preston Blier, author ofAfrican Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power