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100 1 $aHardin, Kris L.
245 14 $aThe aesthetics of action :$bcontinuity and change in a West African town /$cKris L. Hardin.
260 $aWashington :$bSmithsonian Institution Press,$c℗♭1993.
300 $axi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aSmithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-314).
505 0 $a1. Aesthetics and Change. The Theoretical Framework. The Methodology. Structure into Action/Action into Structure. 2. The Regional Setting. Koidu. Eastern Kono and Kainkordu -- pt. I. Structure Into Action. 3. Identity in Time. History and Descent. Clan and Lineage Affiliation. Interpreting History and Affiliations. Descent and the Domestic Domain: The Developmental Cycle of Domestic Groups. Marriage. Children. Fissioning of Domestic Units. Middle and Old Age. Death and Burial. Conclusions. 4. Managing Subjectivity. Identity in Space. Personhood. Individuality. Emotions and the Body. Controlling Individuality. Conclusions.
505 8 $a5. Structure Into Action: The Aesthetics of Production. The Agricultural System. Cloth Production. Dance Performance. Redundancy and Pattern. Containment and Boundaries. Complementarity. Action. Redundancy, Contestation, and Change. 6. Structure Into Action: Categories of Production and Evaluation. The Categories of Production. Nyane. Gbuo Dia. Koo Che. Rights and Obligations in Productive Activities. Forms of Aesthetic Criticism. Conclusions -- pt. II. Action Into Structure. 7. Power, Authority, and the Importance of Action. Learning about Action and Authority. Managing Authority, Power, and Action. Conclusions.
520 $aIn this study of aesthetics and change among the Kono of Sierra Leone, Kris L. Hardin addresses the issue of Western bias in aesthetic critique. She proposes an anthropology of aesthetics in which the analysis of value and preference can be made in indigenous terms within any particular setting.
520 8 $aHardin's fascinating ethnography of the Kono reveals how a people's categories of experience and evaluation - their aesthetics - are applied to such varied activities as agricultural production, dancing, and pottery making. In her fieldwork among the Kono, Hardin observed the interplay of individual preference and social value, looking not only for categories of experience but also for cues that signal the categories appreciation or displeasure. The author describes the ways in which traditional structures both influence and are influenced by people's actions and how evaluations of action allow for changes at the level of structure over time.
520 8 $aMost aesthetic research begins with the Western notion of art as a category that separates objects and forms from their social context. Maintaining that an anthropology of aesthetics should focus on exploring the conditions under which evaluation occurs and the consequences of that evaluation, rather than specific sets of forms or activities, Hardin moves away from the "art as a reflection of culture" model and locates aesthetics more centrally within social theory.
520 8 $aAs a result, the author is able to consider the role aesthetic criticism plays in the construction of social and cultural identity, to examine the mechanisms through which aesthetic criticism shapes social and cultural processes, to view the relationship between aesthetic evaluation and change, and to acknowledge the social and political consequences of the question whether aesthetic systems explored in this way can be compared.
650 0 $aKono (Sierra Leonean people)$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aAesthetics, Kono.
650 0 $aAesthetics, Comparative.
650 7 $aAesthetics, Comparative.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00798763
650 7 $aAesthetics, Kono.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00798791
650 17 $aKono (volk)$2gtt
650 17 $aEsthetica.$2gtt
650 17 $aSociale situatie.$2gtt
650 7 $aAnthropologie$2gnd
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650 7 $aKono$2gnd
650 7 $aKunst$2gnd
651 7 $aSierra Leone$2gnd
650 7 $aKulturelle Identita t$2gnd
650 7 $aSoziale Identita t$2gnd
650 7 $aSoziokultureller Wandel$2gnd
650 7 $aA sthetik$2gnd
650 7 $aKono (peuple d'Afrique)$xMoeurs et coutumes.$2ram
650 7 $aEsthe tique kono.$2ram
650 7 $aEsthe tique compare e.$2ram
650 7 $aKono (peuple d'Afrique)$xCulture mate rielle.$2ram
650 07 $aTradition.$2swd
651 7 $aKono.$2swd
653 0 $aEthnic groups$aSocial life
653 0 $aSierra Leone
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHardin, Kris L.$tAesthetics of action.$dWashington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ℗♭1993$w(OCoLC)623501826
830 0 $aSmithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.
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