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ARTD 3134/7142 Subject, Creator, Consumer: Women and African Art (Richards): Sculptural Forms

OER created for Prof. Chris Richards' ART3134/7142 course

Women as Subjects: Sculptural Forms

Chris Richards Comments on Sculptural Forms:

Part 1: Maternal Figures in West Africa

Gott: Golden Emblems of Maternal Abundance
Suzanne Gott: Golden Emblems of Maternal Abundance: Transformations of Form and Meaning in Akan Regalia
Herbert Cole: Maternity and Abundance: The Woman and Child
Herbert Cole: Maternity and Abundance: The Woman and Child: Icons: Ideals, and Power in the Art of Africa p. 74-91

Part 2: The Benin Empire, Mangbetu Art

Kaplan, Women in Benin Society
Flora S. Edouwaye Kaplan, Women in Benin Society, in: Benin Kings and Rituals, ed. Plankensteiner, p. 141-149
Schildkrout, Gender and Sexuality in Mangbetu Art
Enid Schildkrout, Gender and Sexuality in Mangbetu Art, in Unpacking Culture
Art and Commodity
in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds, p. 197-213