Project

Art among the Igbo of Nigeria and Ainu of Japan In the Postcolonial Era

Program

African Humanities Program Dissertation Fellowships

Department

Fine & Applied Arts

Abstract

This work surveys the art and aesthetic experience of two Nonwestern societies in order to challenge the classification of creative efforts beyond the traditional Western frame as “non-art.” It also examines how this way of framing has been affected by postcolonial tendencies.