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Beauty in Context

Download or Read eBook Beauty in Context PDF written by Wilfried Van Damme and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Beauty in Context
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 442
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ISBN-10 : 9004106081
ISBN-13 : 9789004106086
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Book Synopsis Beauty in Context by : Wilfried Van Damme

Book excerpt: In surveying the field of the anthropology of aesthetics, the author argues that the phenomenon of cultural relativism in easthetic preference may be accounted for by demonstrating that culturally varying notions of beauty are inspired by culturally varying sociocultural ideals.


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