Bogolan: Shaping Culture Through Cloth in Contemporary Mali - Brossura

Rovine, Victoria L.

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ISBN 10: 0253220297 ISBN 13: 9780253220295

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Focusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, Victoria L. Rovine traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the cloth from its village origins into a symbol of new internationalism. Rovine shows how the biography of this uniquely African textile reveals much about contemporary culture in urban Africa and about the global markets in which African art circulates. Bogolan has become a symbol of national and ethnic identities, an element of contemporary, urban fashion, and a lucrative product in tourist art markets. At the heart of this beautifully illustrated book are the artists, changing notions of tradition, nationalism, and the value of cloth making and marketing on a worldwide scale.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Victoria L. Rovine is Assistant Professor of Art History and African Studies at the University of Florida. She is a contributor to Fashioning Africa (IUP, 2004). She lives in Gainesville, Florida.

Victoria L. Rovine is Assistant Professor of Art History and African Studies at the University of Florida. She is a contributor to Fashioning Africa (IUP, 2004). She lives in Gainesville, Florida.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0253220297
• ISBN 13: 9780253220295
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 178
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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