Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa / Janet Berry Hess.
Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa / Janet Berry Hess.
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N709.66709/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 209 p. ; 26 cm.
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 Hegem...
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2006.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"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.
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Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa / Janet Berry Hess.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N709.66709/1
Record Identifier
74VKMpjq6LNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMpjq6LNZ
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ISBN
0786420766 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786420766 (softcover : alk. paper)
DDC
709.66709045
MMS ID
991021115019702626
