"This is an extraordinarily original, powerfully argued book; provocative in the best sense of the word. The sheer juxtaposition of the terrible history of Zaire as painted by a Zairean popular artist who lived through some of the worst of it, the artist's precise and eloquent explications of his work, a bluntly factualist account of the events depicted, and Fabian's searching ethnographical commentary, without privileging any of these so different types of discourse over any of the others, raises some of the most ...
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"This is an extraordinarily original, powerfully argued book; provocative in the best sense of the word. The sheer juxtaposition of the terrible history of Zaire as painted by a Zairean popular artist who lived through some of the worst of it, the artist's precise and eloquent explications of his work, a bluntly factualist account of the events depicted, and Fabian's searching ethnographical commentary, without privileging any of these so different types of discourse over any of the others, raises some of the most fundamental and most difficult questions in history, art, and anthropology. "Remembering the Present" is a major step forward in both the presentation of cultural materials and in their analysis."--Clifford Geertz
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Add this copy of Remembering the Present; Painting and Popular History to cart. $25.00, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by University of California.
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1969, University of California
Paperback
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Edition:
First printing
Publisher:
University of California
Published:
1969
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
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Large 8vo, pp. xv, 348. Appendix, references, indices. Illustrated with reproductions in color and black and white. Paper wraps. Cover slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. Ethnography and painting: Fabian encouraged Tshibumba Kanda Matulu to paint the history of Zaire (Congo) and to give an oral narrative as well.
