Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa / Janet Berry Hess.

Author/creator Hess, Janet Berry
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2006.
Descriptionix, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Nationalism and art--Africa.
Art and state--Africa.
National characteristics in art--Africa.
Art, African--20th century.
Architecture--Africa. --20th century.

Contents Exhibiting Ghana: display, documentary, and spectacle in Ghana -- Displaying Asante: Asante ideology and alternative representations of the "nation" -- Imagining architecture: the structure of nationalism in Accra -- Imagining architecture II: "treasure storehouses" and constructions of Asante hegemony -- Envisioning Ujamaa: architecture of Dodoma and Dar es Salaam -- Reversing the gaze: exhibition, postapartheid art and the politics of display -- Representations of the body in postcolonial Africa -- The gaze, "tradition," and African art history -- Envoi: expressive culture and performativity in the diaspora.
Abstract "This work examines the complexity of popular artistic culture in the era of African nationalism, with a special focus on the influential independence era in Ghana. Discussed are architecture, museum exhibitions, political displays, nationalist ideologies, artistic practices, and the intangible forms of art"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-202) and index.
LCCN 2005020084
ISBN0786420766 (softcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N72.N38 H47 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold