Rachel Hoffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5455638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Hoffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoffman |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Excellent: Textiles from Mali
In 1973 Doran H. Ross was graduate assistant to Herbert M. “Skip” Cole, who then was assistant professor of art history at UCSB. First day of fall term, Skip flew into the classroom: a force of nature in the body of a million-watt bolt of charisma. He carried an akua'ba, from Ghana—where he had recently traveled—and a photograph of a Picasso cubist figure.Skip identified both and held up the akua'ba. He said, “How many of you would choose to own …
The Closing
Following the death of her mother, the author returns to her hometown to prepare her family home for sale. Excavating through the accumulated possessions of five decades, she is flooded with memories, regrets, and startling insights about her parents’ complex lives and the unexpected beauty of their last days
Constance Bantman, The French Anarchists in London, 1880–1914: Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation
Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany
Published as part of the series Studies in German History in association with the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., the volume Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany brings together established and emerging scholars to present some of the most recent research on crime and criminal justice in Germany. An introduction by the editor provides a useful overview of the state of the field. ‘Compared with what we know about the early…
R. S. Alexander, Europe's Uncertain Path 1814–1914: State Formation and Civil Society
Justice in Modern Europe: Germany and France in the Nineteenth Century
Ann Goldberg, Honor, Politics, and the Law in Imperial Germany, 1871–1914
Reply from Hoffman
Objects and Acts
A partir de l'art dogon malien, l'A. etudie la signification du pouvoir d'un objet et ce qui distingue une piece maitresse des autres. Il montre que les objets agissent sur nous independamment de l'explication et du texte. Il explique comment l'action d'un objet peut etre comprise transculturellement. Il s'interesse a la ceremonie Dama et considere les implications de l'emploi d'objets artistiques actifs dans des contextes contemporains
Face of the Gods
The Collector's Unconscious: Innocence and Culpability in Field Research
During February of 1987 the National Museum of Mali in Bamako and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA began a collaborative project to study and document social institutions that support weaving and associated technologies in Mali, and to collect examples of locally-produced textiles for each of the two museums. Claude Daniel Ardouin, Director of the National Museum of Mali until 1987, defined a textiles collection project as part of wh…
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
Drag in the Universe
Equatoria
Yeelen
Heroic Figures: African Sculpture from the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection. Introduction and Catalogue
Patterns of Life: West African Strip-Weaving Traditions
Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection
Reflections of African Artistry
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
The Collector's Unconscious: Innocence and Culpability in Field Research
During February of 1987 the National Museum of Mali in Bamako and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA began a collaborative project to study and document social institutions that support weaving and associated technologies in Mali, and to collect examples of locally-produced textiles for each of the two museums. Claude Daniel Ardouin, Director of the National Museum of Mali until 1987, defined a textiles collection project as part of wh…
Reflections of African Artistry
Patterns of Life: West African Strip-Weaving Traditions
Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection
Yeelen
Heroic Figures: African Sculpture from the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection. Introduction and Catalogue
Equatoria
The Collector's Unconscious: Innocence and Culpability in Field Research
During February of 1987 the National Museum of Mali in Bamako and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA began a collaborative project to study and document social institutions that support weaving and associated technologies in Mali, and to collect examples of locally-produced textiles for each of the two museums. Claude Daniel Ardouin, Director of the National Museum of Mali until 1987, defined a textiles collection project as part of wh…
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
Drag in the Universe
Reply from Hoffman
Objects and Acts
A partir de l'art dogon malien, l'A. etudie la signification du pouvoir d'un objet et ce qui distingue une piece maitresse des autres. Il montre que les objets agissent sur nous independamment de l'explication et du texte. Il explique comment l'action d'un objet peut etre comprise transculturellement. Il s'interesse a la ceremonie Dama et considere les implications de l'emploi d'objets artistiques actifs dans des contextes contemporains
Face of the Gods
Justice in Modern Europe: Germany and France in the Nineteenth Century
Ann Goldberg, Honor, Politics, and the Law in Imperial Germany, 1871–1914
R. S. Alexander, Europe's Uncertain Path 1814–1914: State Formation and Civil Society
Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany
Published as part of the series Studies in German History in association with the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., the volume Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany brings together established and emerging scholars to present some of the most recent research on crime and criminal justice in Germany. An introduction by the editor provides a useful overview of the state of the field. ‘Compared with what we know about the early…
Constance Bantman, The French Anarchists in London, 1880–1914: Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation
The Closing
Following the death of her mother, the author returns to her hometown to prepare her family home for sale. Excavating through the accumulated possessions of five decades, she is flooded with memories, regrets, and startling insights about her parents’ complex lives and the unexpected beauty of their last days
Excellent: Textiles from Mali
In 1973 Doran H. Ross was graduate assistant to Herbert M. “Skip” Cole, who then was assistant professor of art history at UCSB. First day of fall term, Skip flew into the classroom: a force of nature in the body of a million-watt bolt of charisma. He carried an akua'ba, from Ghana—where he had recently traveled—and a photograph of a Picasso cubist figure.Skip identified both and held up the akua'ba. He said, “How many of you would choose to own …
History (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works)