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The art of emergency : aesthetics and aid in African crises / edited by Cherie Rivers Ndaliko and Samuel Mark Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts and society--Africa--Case studies.
- Arts and society.
- Art and social action--Africa--Case studies.
- Art and social action.
- Non-governmental organizations--Africa--Case studies.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- 'The Art of Emergency' charts the maneuvers of art through conflict zones across the African continent. Through ten cases, it advances diverse models for artistic and humanitarian alliances and urges deliberation on the role of aesthetics in crisis through intellectual engagement, artistic innovation, and administrative policy.
- Contents:
- To set to work even with a broken heart : musical aesthetics of collective protests in South Africa / Omotayo Jolaosho
- Mobutu's ghost : a case for the urgency of history in cultural aid / Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
- Unraveling and welding together : war's transformative influence on contemporary Mozambican art / Amy Schwartzott.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-069235-9
- 0-19-069236-7
- 0-19-069234-0
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