Sidney Littlefield Kasfir

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Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
Born1939 (1939)
York, Maine, United States
DiedDecember 29, 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 79–80)
Maralal, Kenya
OccupationArt historian
Known forHistory of African art
Academic background
EducationHarvard University
Alma materUniversity of London
ThesisVisual Arts of the Idoma of Central Nigeria (1979)
Notes

Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019) was an art historian of African art.

Career[]

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir received a MA in art history from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in African art from the University of London in 1979 with a dissertation on visual arts of the Idoma people. She was a professor at Emory University for two decades.[2]

Works[]

  • Contemporary African Art (1999)[3][4]
  • African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity (2007)[5]
  • Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley (2011, co-edited)[6]
  • African Art and Agency in the Workshop (2013, co-edited)[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Nagawa, Margaret; Serubiri, Moses (February 4, 2020). "In Remembrance of Sidney Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019)". Start Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir CV" (PDF).
  3. ^ Ezra, Kate (2001). "Review of Contemporary African Art". African Arts. 34 (1): 11–93. doi:10.2307/3337728. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 3337728.
  4. ^ Förster, Till (2001). "Review of Contemporary African Art". Anthropos. 96 (1): 267–269. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40465501.
  5. ^
    • Arnoldi, Mary Jo (2009). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity". Research in African Literatures. 40 (3): 246–247. ISSN 0034-5210. JSTOR 40468154.
    • Beidelman, T. O. (2008). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter. Inventing a Global Commodity". Anthropos. 103 (2): 599–600. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40467458.
    • Förster, Till (2010). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity". African Arts. 43 (4): 91–92. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 29546111.
    • Larkin, Lance (2010). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity. African Expressive Cultures". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 43 (1): 169–170. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 25741405.
    • Roberts, Allen F. (2009). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity. (African Expressive Cultures.)". The American Historical Review. 114 (4): 1202–1203. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 23883142.
    • Probst, Peter (2010). "Cultural Difference and Changing Traditions of Meaning in African Art". The Journal of African History. 51 (1): 104–105. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 40985007.
    • Roberts, Mary Nooter (2009). "Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity". African Studies Review. 52 (2): 223–225. ISSN 0002-0206. JSTOR 20638936.
  6. ^ Parker, John (2013). "Review of Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 76 (1): 195–197. ISSN 0041-977X. JSTOR 41811301.
  7. ^ Hahn, Hans Peter (2014). "Review of African art and agency in the workshop". Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde. 60: 284–287. ISSN 0078-7809. JSTOR 44242859.
  8. ^ Perrill, Elizabeth (2015). "Review of African Art and Agency in the Workshop". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 48 (1): 131–133. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 44715395.

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