Professor Robin Skeates robin.skeates@durham.ac.uk
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Fetishism and visual culture in Later Neolithic Southeast Italy
Skeates, R.
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Abstract
The term ‘fetish’ has been used since the sixteenth century to refer to indigenous ‘power objects’, perceived to embody positive supernatural energy. This concept is explored here with reference to the visual culture of the Later Neolithic in Southeast Italy (5800–4100 bc). During this period, many aspects of the material world were ascribed a greater visual significance, being modelled into more varied art-forms and highlighted by more innovative and elaborate decoration, ritual performances and special deposits. A culturally specific range of powerful bodily and abstract symbols unified and animated these material forms, to the extent that we can talk of a fetishistic way of seeing and visual culture. These may have been used strategically to highlight and strengthen social connections, distinctions and boundaries. Ultimately, these social dynamics related to tensions surrounding the final transition to a fully agricultural way of life in Neolithic Southeast Italy.
Citation
Skeates, R. (2016). Fetishism and visual culture in Later Neolithic Southeast Italy. Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 9(4), 335-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696x.2016.1244951
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 30, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jan 4, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 4, 2018 |
Journal | Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture |
Print ISSN | 1751-696X |
Electronic ISSN | 1751-6978 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 335-352 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696x.2016.1244951 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1367054 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Time and mind on 04 Nov 2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1751696X.2016.1244951
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