Boas' Primitive Art, Claude Lévi-Strauss' The Way of the Masks (1982) or Geertz's 'Art as Cultural System' (1983) are some examples in this trend to transform the anthropology of 'art' into an anthropology of culturally specific 'aesthetics'.
bˈoʊəz pɹˈɪmᵻtˌɪv ˈɑːɹt, klˈɔːd lˈeɪvistɹˈɔːs ðə wˈeɪ ʌvðə mˈæsks nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ɔːɹ dʒˈɪɹtsᵻz ˈɑːɹt æz kˈʌltʃɚɹəl sˈɪstəm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː ɑːɹ sˌʌm ɛɡzˈæmpəlz ɪn ðɪs tɹˈɛnd tə tɹænsfˈɔːɹm ðɪ ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi ʌv ˈɑːɹt ˌɪntʊ ɐn ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi ʌv kˈʌltʃɚɹəli spəsˈɪfɪk ɛsθˈɛɾɪks.