Authentically African : arts and the transnational politics of Congolese culture / Sarah Van Beurden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beurden, Sarah Van, author.

Series:

New African histories series.

New African Histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic)--History.

Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic).

Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic)--Political aspects.

Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic)--Appreciation--Belgium.

Institut des musées nationaux du Zaïre--History.

Institut des musées nationaux du Zaïre.

Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale--History.

Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture.

Contents:

Introduction. Congolese history and the politics of culture

The value of culture : Congolese art and Belgian colonialism

Guardians of heritage : a politique esthétique and the museum as a "laboratory of native policy"

The art of (re)possession : heritage and the cultural politics of Congo's decolonization

Mobutu's museum : authenticity and guardianship

Civilizing citizens? : Museums as brokers of postcolonial Zairian modernity

Belgian patrimony, Zairian treasure, and American heritage : the transnational politics of Congolese art

Conclusion. Colonial and postcolonial legacies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 15, 2017).

ISBN:

9780821445457

0821445456