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Bennetta Jules-Rosette
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist. This work presents a critical cultural study of the life and art of the Franco-American performer whose…
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Based on a four-year longitudinal study of urban adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia, this book offers both a theoretical analysis and a case study of African urbanization as a social process…
Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. This work explores African writing and…
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This volume is an important and original collection of firsthand field reports and essays on contemporary African cults and churches.
Tourist art may be a billion dollar business. Sociology textbooks treat the arts as subordinate reflections of social forces, norms, or groups. After the contributions by Emile Durkheim and Max…
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Beryl L. Bellman,Bennetta Jules-Rosette
Based on research in two African communities, this volume presents a new methodology for examining visual media–one that suggests a phenomenology of filmmaking and an ethnography of mediated communication. Comprehensively…
Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn
An essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art. Read to explore the reframing of African art through case studies of…
Charts the musical world of a notorious period in world history, apartheid South Africa. This book explores how music was produced through, and was productive of, key features of apartheid’s…
