Osogbo and the Art of Heritage : Monuments, Deities, and Money.

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Why has the home of a Yoruba river goddess become a UNESCO World Heritage site and a global attraction? Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world visit the sacred grove of Osun, Osogbo's guardian deity, to attend her festival. Peter Probst takes readers on a riveting journey...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Probst, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Temas:
Art and society > Nigeria > Oshogbo.
Art, Yoruba > Nigeria > Oshogbo.
Cultural property > Protection > Social aspects > Nigeria > Oshogbo.
Culture and globalization > Nigeria > Oshogbo.
Art and society
Art, Yoruba
Culture and globalization
Nigeria > Oshogbo
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Modernity of Heritage; Chapter 1 Heritage as Source:Histories and Images of Osun Osogbo; Chapter 2 Heritage as Novelty:Revitalizing Yoruba Art in the Spirit of Modernism; Chapter 3 Heritage as Project:Hybridity and the Reauthentication of the Osun Grove; Chapter 4 Heritage as Style:Travel, Interaction, and the Branding of Osogbo Art; Chapter 5 Heritage as Spectacle:Image and Attention in the Osun Osogbo Festival; Chapter 6 Heritage as Remembrance:History, Photography, and Styles of Imagination.
  • Chapter 7 Heritage as Control:From Art and Religion to Media and MediationCoda: A Final Note on Heritage as Presence; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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