| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Series |
Dress, Body, Culture |
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Dress, body, culture.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Impact of Patronage on the Arts of Africa; Art Patronage as a Generator of Cloth and Dress; Cloth and Dress as a Mirror of Culture in Africa; Art Patron Roles; Leadership Arts in State Societies; The Development of Hausa, Nupe and Yoruba Cloth and Dress Traditions; Historical Context of Leadership, Trade and Art Patronage; Patterns of Production and Consumption in Nineteenth- Century Luxury Cloth Traditions; Continuity and Change in Twentieth- Century Cloth Traditions; The Fashionable World of the Yoruba; Postscript: To Put on Cloth; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Drawing examples from a wide range of African cultures, this book expands the continuing discourse on the aesthetic and cultural significance of cloth, body and dress in Africa |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art patronage -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Clothing and dress -- Nigeria
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Art patronage
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Clothing and dress
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Fine Arts - General.
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Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wolff, Norma H
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| LC no. |
99229402 |
| ISBN |
9781845208950 |
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1845208951 |
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9781859732908 |
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1859732909 |
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