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Probst, Peter.

Osogbo and the art of heritage [electronic resource] / Peter Probst. - Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, 2011. - xi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. - African expressive cultures .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Heritage as source : histories and images of Osun Osogbo -- Heritage as novelty : revitalizing Yoruba art in the spirit of modernism -- Heritage as project : hybridity and the reauthentication of the Osun Grove -- Heritage as style : travel, interaction, and the branding of Osogbo art -- Heritage as spectacle : image and attention in the Osun Osogbo Festival -- Heritage as remembrance : history, photography, and styles of imagination -- Heritage as control : from art and religion to media and mediation -- Coda : A final note on heritage as presence.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art and society--Nigeria--Oshogbo.
Art, Yoruba--Nigeria--Oshogbo.
Cultural property--Protection--Social aspects--Nigeria--Oshogbo.
Culture and globalization--Nigeria--Oshogbo.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: N72.S6 / P76 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 709.669/26