Harry R Silver
Biographic Data
| ID | 138590 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry R Silver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry R |
| FAMILY NAME | Silver |
| SIGNATURE | SILVER H R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Priests and Power
From Craft to Industry
Foreign Art and Asante Aesthetics
Anthropologists and art historians have long recognized that African art forms can be classified into reasonably distinct ethnic styles. In addition, extensive research demonstrates that they are deeply embedded in the social, political, and religious structures of the societies producing them. Many writers, in fact, see these art forms as visual embodiments of the values and principles governing indigenous life.' Given this close correlation bet…
Scientific Achievement and the Concept of Risk
Selective Affinities
Going for Brokers
Local chiefs and headmen frequently bear the brunt of interhierachical conflict in African nations, resulting in severe intrarole tensions. Many theorists consider this the natural outcome of an inherent incompatibility between traditional and modern political structures, with both making conflicting demands upon local officials. This article supports an alternative position, arguing that dynamic interaction between these structures may actually …
Calculating Risks
Carving Up the Profits
African apprentice workgroups have structural limitations at the level of the individual unit which hinder the elasticity of their response to market fluctuations. Substantivists have noted that analysis of these institutions as classic Western "enterprises" may therefore be misleading. However, their divergence from this model need not totally invalidate examination of such workgroups from a formalist perspective. Under the guidance of entrepren…
The Culture of Carving and the Carving of Culture
Materialist and symbolic explanations of cultural institutions are weighed in an effort to determine which best explains the unusual status of master wood-carvers in Ashanti. Technical skills and unique privileges mark the carver's position within the social order in a manner resembling the Western concept of professionalism. From an economic standpoint, these mechanisms limit competition and allow carvers to exploit existing markets with maximum…
Beauty and the "I" of the Beholder
Though frequently belittled, African tourist arts are often as conceptually sophisticated as traditional works. Messages expressed in secular modern forms complement the demands of a changing society just as effectively as traditional art once reinforced complex meanings inherent in political and religious rituals. Ethnographic evidence from the Ashanti--where artists today violate traditional norms of harmony with deliberate grotesquerie caterin…
Ethnoart
Rethinking Arts and Crafts
Beauty and the "I" of the Beholder
Though frequently belittled, African tourist arts are often as conceptually sophisticated as traditional works. Messages expressed in secular modern forms complement the demands of a changing society just as effectively as traditional art once reinforced complex meanings inherent in political and religious rituals. Ethnographic evidence from the Ashanti--where artists today violate traditional norms of harmony with deliberate grotesquerie caterin…
Carving Up the Profits
African apprentice workgroups have structural limitations at the level of the individual unit which hinder the elasticity of their response to market fluctuations. Substantivists have noted that analysis of these institutions as classic Western "enterprises" may therefore be misleading. However, their divergence from this model need not totally invalidate examination of such workgroups from a formalist perspective. Under the guidance of entrepren…
Ethnoart
The Culture of Carving and the Carving of Culture
Materialist and symbolic explanations of cultural institutions are weighed in an effort to determine which best explains the unusual status of master wood-carvers in Ashanti. Technical skills and unique privileges mark the carver's position within the social order in a manner resembling the Western concept of professionalism. From an economic standpoint, these mechanisms limit competition and allow carvers to exploit existing markets with maximum…
Calculating Risks
Selective Affinities
Going for Brokers
Local chiefs and headmen frequently bear the brunt of interhierachical conflict in African nations, resulting in severe intrarole tensions. Many theorists consider this the natural outcome of an inherent incompatibility between traditional and modern political structures, with both making conflicting demands upon local officials. This article supports an alternative position, arguing that dynamic interaction between these structures may actually …
Rethinking Arts and Crafts
Beauty and the "I" of the Beholder
Though frequently belittled, African tourist arts are often as conceptually sophisticated as traditional works. Messages expressed in secular modern forms complement the demands of a changing society just as effectively as traditional art once reinforced complex meanings inherent in political and religious rituals. Ethnographic evidence from the Ashanti--where artists today violate traditional norms of harmony with deliberate grotesquerie caterin…
Ethnoart
Rethinking Arts and Crafts
The Culture of Carving and the Carving of Culture
Materialist and symbolic explanations of cultural institutions are weighed in an effort to determine which best explains the unusual status of master wood-carvers in Ashanti. Technical skills and unique privileges mark the carver's position within the social order in a manner resembling the Western concept of professionalism. From an economic standpoint, these mechanisms limit competition and allow carvers to exploit existing markets with maximum…
Going for Brokers
Local chiefs and headmen frequently bear the brunt of interhierachical conflict in African nations, resulting in severe intrarole tensions. Many theorists consider this the natural outcome of an inherent incompatibility between traditional and modern political structures, with both making conflicting demands upon local officials. This article supports an alternative position, arguing that dynamic interaction between these structures may actually …
Calculating Risks
Carving Up the Profits
African apprentice workgroups have structural limitations at the level of the individual unit which hinder the elasticity of their response to market fluctuations. Substantivists have noted that analysis of these institutions as classic Western "enterprises" may therefore be misleading. However, their divergence from this model need not totally invalidate examination of such workgroups from a formalist perspective. Under the guidance of entrepren…
Foreign Art and Asante Aesthetics
Anthropologists and art historians have long recognized that African art forms can be classified into reasonably distinct ethnic styles. In addition, extensive research demonstrates that they are deeply embedded in the social, political, and religious structures of the societies producing them. Many writers, in fact, see these art forms as visual embodiments of the values and principles governing indigenous life.' Given this close correlation bet…
Scientific Achievement and the Concept of Risk
Selective Affinities
From Craft to Industry
Priests and Power
Sociology (8 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Carving (3 works)