Anthropology of Art & Performance : a guide to library resources Contents: A related library guides which may be helpful:
Ethnomusicology Starting PointsWhen you need to define your topic and/or get some background reading try consulting a dictionary or encyclopedia on art, dance, performing arts, theatre. The guide to Anthropology dictionaries/encyclopedias will help if you need explanations of anthropological terminology or theory. To find overviews on the subject try the following: - Anthropology, art, and aesthetics (1992) [print]
[A collection of essays on anthropological approaches to non-Western art & aesthetics. A book review is linked here]
Anthropology of art (1991) [print]
[An introduction to the art-forms in non-Western societies]
- Anthropology of art: a reader (2006) [print]
[An overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art]
- Anthropology of theater and spectacle (1993) [electronic]
[A critical review of significant developments in the study of theatre & spectacle in anthropology. Published in vol.22 of the Annual review of Anthropology - also available in print format]
Art and agency: an anthropological theory (1998) [print]
[Outlines an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. A book review is linked here]
Paper canoe: a guide to theatre anthropology (1995) [print]
[A major study of theatre anthropology which distils all the research of ISTA, the International School of Theatre Anthropology, and focuses upon the pre-expressive level of the performer's art]
Performing identity in the digital age (2005) [electronic]
[One of the Discovery Guides from CSA which provide an overview of the subject as well as recent insights] Politics and poetics of dance (1998) [electronic]
[A critical review of significant developments in the study of dance scholarship. Published in vol.27 of the Annual review of Anthropology - also available in print format]
Finding Books Using The Library CatalogueBooks can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material, and your results will be maximised by using keyword searching techniques such as truncation and Boolean searching, and by incorporating subject headings into your search where appropriate. Here are some examples on how to construct searches: - art and anthropology
- dance and anthropol?
- "papua new guinea" and dance
- performance and ethnograph?
- (theatre or theater) and (anthropol? or ethnograph?)
Finding Journal Articles Using DatabasesJournal articles can be found through databases listed in the Databases for Anthropology guide - Sociological Abstracts, Anthropology Plus, Academic OneFile and Academic Search Premier are probably the best starting points for finding articles written on the anthropology of art and performance topics but Art Abstracts may also be useful for art-related topics. Web ResourcesISTA, the International School of Theatre Anthropology
Last update: 2 June 2009 Helen Attar
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