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9%OFFSarah Van Beurden - Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture - 9780821421918 - V9780821421918
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Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture

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Description for Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACBS; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musees Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition, and display of art and the construction of cultural authenticity and political legitimacy from the late colonial until the postcolonial era. Her study of the interconnected histories of these two institutions is the first history of an art museum in Africa, and the only work of its kind in English. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
New African Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821421918
SKU
V9780821421918
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About Sarah Van Beurden
Sarah Van Beurden is an associate professor of African studies at the Ohio State University. Her work has appeared in History and Anthropology and the Journal of African History, among others. She is also associated with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.

Reviews for Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture
Authentically African is an impressively researched study of material culture and its institutions in the construction of Congolese cultural and political projects. Van Beurden's fascinating examination of objects and collections in cultural and political economies makes a significant contribution to several bodies of scholarship, from those focused on material culture, heritage, and identity politics to those concerned with African cultural ... Read more

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