Authentically African arts and the transnational politics of Congolese culture Sarah Van Beurden.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New African histories seriesPublisher: Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press 2015Description: XIX, 372 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780821421901 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0821421905 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780821421918 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0821421913 (pb : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Introduction. Congolese history and the politics of culture -- The value of culture : Congolese art and Belgian colonialism -- Guardians of heritage : a politique esthétique and the museum as a "laboratory of native policy" -- The art of (re)possession : heritage and the cultural politics of Congo's decolonization -- Mobutu's museum : authenticity and guardianship -- Civilizing citizens? : Museums as brokers of postcolonial Zairian modernity -- Belgian patrimony, Zairian treasure, and American heritage : the transnational politics of Congolese art -- Conclusion. Colonial and postcolonial legacies.
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Introduction. Congolese history and the politics of culture -- The value of culture : Congolese art and Belgian colonialism -- Guardians of heritage : a politique esthétique and the museum as a "laboratory of native policy" -- The art of (re)possession : heritage and the cultural politics of Congo's decolonization -- Mobutu's museum : authenticity and guardianship -- Civilizing citizens? : Museums as brokers of postcolonial Zairian modernity -- Belgian patrimony, Zairian treasure, and American heritage : the transnational politics of Congolese art -- Conclusion. Colonial and postcolonial legacies.