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Kunst als Fetisch: zur westlichen Rezeption afrikanischer Objekte

Art as fetish: Western reception of African objects
[journal article]

Thurner, Ingrid

Abstract

In der westlichen Rezeption afrikanischer Objekte, seien sie als Kunst oder Touristenkunst klassifiziert, lassen sich bei phänomenologischer Überlegung Aspekte finden, die die Dinge zum Fetisch machen. Bei Betrachtung afrikanischer Objekte im Hinblick auf verschiedene Elemente der Interpretation (Au... view more

In der westlichen Rezeption afrikanischer Objekte, seien sie als Kunst oder Touristenkunst klassifiziert, lassen sich bei phänomenologischer Überlegung Aspekte finden, die die Dinge zum Fetisch machen. Bei Betrachtung afrikanischer Objekte im Hinblick auf verschiedene Elemente der Interpretation (Authentizität, Ästhetik, Anonymität, Identität, Macht, Kommunikation, Geheimnis, Unübertragbarkeit, Knappheit) zeigen sich Parallelen zwischen dem Objekt als sakralem Gegenstand und dem Objekt als vom Westen angeeigneten Kulturgut.... view less


Phenomenological analysis of western reflection of African objects (classified as art or tourist art) shows that the item becomes a fetish by interpretation. The analysis of various aspects of western reflection (authenticity, aesthetics, anonymity, identity, power, communication, secrecy, untransfe... view more

Phenomenological analysis of western reflection of African objects (classified as art or tourist art) shows that the item becomes a fetish by interpretation. The analysis of various aspects of western reflection (authenticity, aesthetics, anonymity, identity, power, communication, secrecy, untransferability, scarcity) makes evident that arts and crafts, transfered from Africa, are ritualized by western re-interpretation. Thus a new sacred character of African items is constructed by western appropriation.... view less

Keywords
Africa; culture; reception; tourism; cultural identity; art; commodity

Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology

Free Keywords
afrikanische Kunst; afrikanische Objekte; touristische Reise; Touristenkunst; Souvenirkunst; Airport Art; Fetisch

Document language
German

Publication Year
1997

Page/Pages
p. 79-97

Journal
Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 127 (1997)

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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