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Africa's struggle for its art : history of a postcolonial defeat / Bénédicte Savoy ; translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich.
"A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780691234731
- ISBN: 0691234736
- Physical Description: viii, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in German under the title Afrikas Kampf um seine Kunst Geschichte einer postkolonialen Niederlage by Bénédicte Savoy. Copyright © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2021"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Bingo -- You Hide Me -- Prussian Cultural Property -- Zero -- Increasingly Global -- Pause -- "German Debate" -- Festac '77 -- Attack, Defence -- A Spectre Is Haunting Europe -- Battle of Lists -- Lost Heritage -- Mexico and the Greeks -- Bremen -- Open End -- Back to the Future -- Epilogue. |
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| Genre: | History. |
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| Homer Public Library | 709.60744 SAV (Text) | 000165047 | Nonfiction | Available | - |