Zoe Sara Strother
Domaine de recherche | l'Afrique |
Pays de résidence | États-Unis d'Amérique |
Titre | Riggio Professor of African Art |
Affiliation | Columbia University, New York, New York |
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Adresse | Department of Art History and Archaeology
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Téléphone/Télécopie | phone: 212 854 8529
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Pays de spécialisation | Congo (Democratic Republic), Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal. |
Recherche | Specialist in Central and West African art history, with a special focus on the twentieth century (both colonial and postcolonial). Has conducted research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mali, and Senegal. Her broad intellectual project is to understand how concepts such as "mask," "power object," or "divine kingship" have been deployed to theorize power and knowledge in
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Publications | 2008. Pende. Milan: 5 Continents Editions. 2004. "Architecture Against the State: The Virtues of Impermanence in the
2001. "African Works." Guest editor for special issue of RES: Journal of
1999. "Display of the Body Hottentot." In: Africans on Stage, edited by
1998. Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central
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Mots-clés | art history ; African history ; colonial history ; post-colonial history ; masquerade ; power. |