Humor and violence : seeing Europeans in central African art /

Humor and Violence examines the rich history of portraying Europeans in central African art in images ranging from heart-wrenching scenes of human trafficking to playful parodies of colonialists. Z. S. Strother contends that the dialectic of humor and violence reveals deep insights into the psycholo...

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Main Author:	Strother, Z. S. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:	African expressive cultures.
Subjects:	Art > Congo (Democratic Republic) Art > Congo (Brazzaville) Europeans in African art. Wit and humor in art. Violence in art. Art > Africa, Central. Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic) > Themes, motives. Art, African > Themes, motives.