African Luxury - Aesthetics and Politics

Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be 'saved', and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as 'rising', African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present on the continent.

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About the author

Mehita Iqani is associate professor in media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Simidele Dosekun is a lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Sussex.

Summary

Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be “saved,” and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as “rising,” African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present on the continent.

Product details

• Authors: Mehita Iqani
• Assisted by: Simidele Disekun (Editor), Simidele Dosekun (Editor), Simidele Dosekun Dosekun (Editor), Mehita Iqani (Editor)
• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781783209934
• ISBN: 978-1-78320-993-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous