African luxury : aesthetics and politics /: aesthetics and politics. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mehita Iqani and Simidele Dosekun.
• Editors: Iqani, Mehita; Dosekun, Simidele
• Contents: Introduction: The Politics and Aesthetics of Luxury in Africa by Simidele Dosekun and Mehita IqaniSection 1: Africa RisenChapter 1: The Last Luxury Frontier? How Global Consulting Firms Discursively Construct the African Market by Mehita IqaniChapter 2: African Utopianism: The Invention of Africa in Diesel’s The Daily African – A Retrogressive Reading by Hlonipha MokoenaChapter 3: For Love or Money? Romance, Luxury and Class Distinction on Mzansi Magic’s Date My Family by Alexia SmitSection 2: Re/Crafting African StyleChapter 4: From African Print to Global Luxury: Dutch Wax Cloth Rebranding and the Politics of High-Value by M. Amah EdohChapter 5: The Playful and Privileged Africanicity of Luxury: @AlaraLagos by Simidele DosekunChapter 6: Fields of Marigold: Makers and Wearers of African Luxury Beaded Necklaces by Pamila GuptaSection 3: Ambiguous Luxury Spaces Chapter 7: Luminance and the Moralization of Black Women’s Luxury Consumption in South Africa by Ndapwa Alweendo and Simidele DosekunChapter 8: The Politics of Repair: Talatona and Luxury Urbanism in Luanda, Angola by Claudia GastrowChapter 9: Welcome to the Jungle: Tropical Modernism, Decadence, Gardening in Africa by Jonathan Cane
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 111.8508996; Aesthetics, African -- Political aspects; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789380248; 1789380243
• Related ISBNs: 9781783209934
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 4, 2019)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.