Main entry:

Hess, Janet Berry, author.

Title & Author:

Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa / Janet Berry Hess.

Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2006]

Description:

ix, 209 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
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.

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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0786420766 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780786420766 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Nationalism and art Africa.
Art and state Africa.
National characteristics in art.
Art, African 20th century.
Architecture Africa History 20th century.
Nationalisme et art Afrique.
Art Politique gouvernementale Afrique.
Caractéristiques nationales dans l'art.
Art africain 20e siècle.
Architecture Afrique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Art, African
Art and state
Nationalism and art
Architektur
Kunst
Nationalismus
Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316395
Call No.: 316395
Copy: 1
Status: Available