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"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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McFarland & Co.
Language
English

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Subjects
African Art, Architecture, Art and state, National characteristics in art, Nationalism and art, Art, african, Architecture, africa, History
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Africa
Times
20th century

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Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa
2005, McFarland & Co.
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Table of 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
Gaze, "tradition," and African art history
Envoi: expressive culture and performativity in the diaspora.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
709/.667/09045
Library of Congress
N72.N38 .H47 2005, N7391.65, N72.N38 H47 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL3404668M
Internet Archive
artarchitecturei0000hess
ISBN 10
0786420766
LCCN
2005020084
OCLC/WorldCat
58554872
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3970663

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