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Author : Daniel P. Biebuyck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520052116
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (521 download)
Download or read book The Arts of Zaire written by Daniel P. Biebuyck and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Winsome J Leslie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000011305
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Zaire written by Winsome J Leslie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the historical setting of Zaire and focuses on economic and political developments during the Mobutu era. It examines the corrupt and closed political system, with its roots in the colonial state and precolonial political patterns.
Author : Bob W. White
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822389266
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Rumba Rules written by Bob W. White and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-27 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying “happy are those who sing and dance,” and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. During this period Zairian popular dance music (often referred to as la rumba zaïroise) became a sort of musica franca in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. But how did this privileged form of cultural expression, one primarily known for a sound of sweetness and joy, flourish under one of the continent’s most brutal authoritarian regimes? In Rumba Rules, the first ethnography of popular music in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bob W. White examines not only the economic and political conditions that brought this powerful music industry to its knees, but also the ways that popular musicians sought to remain socially relevant in a time of increasing insecurity. Drawing partly on his experiences as a member of a local dance band in the country’s capital city Kinshasa, White offers extraordinarily vivid accounts of the live music scene, including the relatively recent phenomenon of libanga, which involves shouting the names of wealthy or powerful people during performances in exchange for financial support or protection. With dynamic descriptions of how bands practiced, performed, and splintered, White highlights how the ways that power was sought and understood in Kinshasa’s popular music scene mirrored the charismatic authoritarianism of Mobutu’s rule. In Rumba Rules, Congolese speak candidly about political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu’s Zaire.
Author : Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.)
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781599671529
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (715 download)
Download or read book Important African & Oceanic Art Auction written by Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.) and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John M. Janzen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520032958
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (329 download)
Download or read book The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire written by John M. Janzen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship? In seeking answers, he analyzes case histories and cultural contexts to explore what social transactions, decisionmaking, illness and therapy classifications, and resource allocations are used in the choice of therapy by the ill, their kinfolk, friends, asociates, and specialized practitioners. From the Preface: This book presents an "on the ground" ethnographic account of how medical clients of one region of Lower Zaire diagnose illness, select therapies, and evaluate treatments, a process we call "therapy management." The book is intended to clarify a phenomenon of which central African clients have long been cognizant, namely, that medical systems are used in combination. Our study is aimed primarily at readers interested in the practical issues of medical decision-making in an African country, the cultural content of symptoms, and the dynamics of medical pluralism, that is, the existence in a single society of differently designed and conceived medical systems.
Author : Tom McNulty
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476613974
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Art Market Research written by Tom McNulty and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for art market researchers at all levels. A brief overview of the global art market and its major stakeholders precedes an analysis of the various sales venues (auction, commercial gallery, etc.). Library research skills are reviewed, and advanced methods are explored in a chapter devoted to basic market research. Because the monetary value of artwork cannot be established without reference to the aesthetic qualities and art historical significance of our subject works, two substantial chapters detail the processes involved in researching and documenting the fine and decorative arts, respectively, and provide annotated bibliographies. Methods for assigning values for art objects are explored, and sources of price data, both in print and online, are identified and described in detail. In recent years, art historical scholarship increasingly has addressed issues related to the history of art and its markets: a chapter on resources for the historian of the art market offers a wide range of sources. Finally, provenance and art law are discussed, with particular reference to their relevance to dealers, collectors, artists and other art market stakeholders.
Author : Rosalind Hackett
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0304704245
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Art and Religion in Africa written by Rosalind Hackett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. Explores the interactive and interdependent relationship between art and religion in Africa, challenging Western perceptions of what is "important" in the continent's visual and performing arts. Case studies and examples reflect the geographical and gendered diversity of the arts and highlight changes imposed by Christianity, Islam, and the newer religious movements in post-colonial Africa. Includes bandw photos and illustrations and a few color photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Humanities written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elisabeth Lynn Cameron
Publisher : Fowler Museum at UCLA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Art of the Lega written by Elisabeth Lynn Cameron and published by Fowler Museum at UCLA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume accompanies the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History exhibition of the art of the African Lega. African art specialist Cameron provides information about the physical world of the Lega people and then discusses their social community and the three structures that provide the framework for Lega life--family, circumcision camp, and the Bwami society. She discusses artistic practice and aesthetics, indications of identity and status, and the art objects themselves. The book is extensively illustrated with color reproductions of the art works, as well as a few color and b&w photographs of the people. Oversize: 9x12". Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Peter Gran
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815655444
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Beyond Eurocentrism written by Peter Gran and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eurocentrism influences virtually all established historical writing. With the rise of Prussia and, by extension, Europe, eurocentrism became the dominant paradigm for world history. Employing the approaches of Gramsci and Foucault, Peter Gran proposes a reconceptualization of world history. He challenges the traditional convention of relying on totalitarian or democratic functions of a particular state to explain and understand relationships of authority and resistance in a number of national contexts. Gran maintains that there is no single developmental model but diverse forms of hegemony that emerged out of the political crisis following the penetration of capitalism into each nation. In making comparisons between seemingly disparate and distinctive nations and by questioning established canons of comparative inquiry, Gran encourages people to recognize the similarities between the West and non-West nations.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Department of State Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each issue covers separate country.
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Zaire, Post Report written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick James
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739114933
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (149 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy written by Patrick James and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy is the most comprehensive book of its kind, offering an updated examination of Canada's international role some 15 years after the dismantling of the Berlin Wall ushered in a new era in world politics. Highlighting both well-known and understudied topics, this handbook presents a marriage of the familiar and the underappreciated that enables readers to grasp much of the complexity of current Canadian foreign policy and appreciate the challenges policymakers must meet in the early 21st century.
Author : Jerry L. Thompson
Publisher : Te Neues Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Closeup written by Jerry L. Thompson and published by Te Neues Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Background Notes, Zaire written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226058603
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (586 download)
Download or read book African Vodun written by Suzanne Preston Blier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will be of critical importance not only to those concerned with African, African American, and Caribbean art, but also to anthropologists, scholars of the African diaspora, students of comparative religion and comparative psychology, and anyone fascinated by the traditions of vodou and vodun."--Jacket.
Author : J. Grant Stauffer
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789258456
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Archaeologies of Cosmoscapes in the Americas written by J. Grant Stauffer and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines how pre-Columbian societies in the Americas envisioned their cosmos and iteratively modeled it through the creation of particular objects and places. It emphasizes that American societies did this to materialize overarching models and templates for the shape and scope of the cosmos, the working definition of cosmoscape. Noting a tendency to gloss over the ways in which ancestral Americans envisioned the cosmos as intertwined and animated, the authors examine how cosmoscapes are manifested archaeologically, in the forms of objects and physically altered landscapes. This book’s chapters, therefore, offer case studies of cosmoscapes that present themselves as forms of architecture, portable artifacts, and transformed aspects of the natural world. In doing so, it emphasizes that the creation of cosmoscapes offered a means of reconciling peoples experiences of the world with their understandings of them.
