- Titel: Reconsidering Patrimonialization in the Bamun Kingdom: Heritage, Image, and Politics from 1906 to the Present
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Enthalten in:
African arts; 49(2016), 2, Seite 68-81
- Erschienen: 2016
- ISSN: 0001-9933
- Sprache: Englisch
- Schlagwörter: Art markets ; Minority & ethnic groups ; Politics ; African art ; Art history
- Inhalt: Galitzine-Loumpet examines the role of Bamum agents in the creation of an arts trade, suggesting that the Bamum kings and their rivals took it to such an extent that people may consider this process as a sort of continuous self-patrimonialization. While this occurred at the level of the art creator and dealer, she links this self-objectification to the even broader political role of art, originating long before the colonial era. Her examination of the back and forth between court and other actors in Bamum society throughout the 20th century emphasizes the degree to which this has been in reality a political struggle fought with visual materials
- Medientyp: Artikel
- Datenquelle: OLC Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft
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