Victoria L. Rovine

Bogolan

Shaping Culture through Cloth in Contemporary Mali

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 182mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780253220295
• ISBN-10: 0253220297
• Artikelnr.: 23893806

Autorenporträt

Victoria L. Rovine

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Bogolan's Biography
2. The Rural Roots of Bogolan
3. The Tourist Art Market: Commerce in Authenticity
4. Tourist Market Bogolan: Changing Demands, Changing Forms
5. Fine Art Bogolan: Between Categories
6. The Fine Art Market: From Bogolan to Le Bogolan
7. Culture through Clothing: Bogolan as Fashion
8. Making It Modern: Bogolan Clothing's Dual Directions
9. Bogolan Abroad: Reverberations in the United States
10. Conclusion: Making the Traditional Modern
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index