Description
| Product ID: | 9781783209934 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | African Luxury |
| Subtitle: | Aesthetics and Politics |
| Authors: | Author: Mehita Iqani, Simidele Dosekun |
| Page Count: | 180 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History of art, African history, History of art / art & design styles, African history, Africa |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be “saved,” and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as “rising,” African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present on the continent. Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be ''saved'', and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as ''rising'', African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present on the continent. A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: African Luxury. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched. |
| Imprint Name: | Intellect Books |
| Publisher Name: | Intellect Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-15 |