Artifak: Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu - Paperback
by Hugo Deblock
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781836950790ISBN-10:1836950799UPC:9781836950790Book Category:Social Science, ArtBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Museum StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCRWZSHB2E
Artifak: Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu
In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781836950790ISBN-10:1836950799UPC:9781836950790Book Category:Social Science, ArtBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Museum StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCRWZSHB2E
Hugo DeBlock is a Guest Professor at Ghent University and The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Vanuatu, and his most recent research focuses on visual anthropology, film, and representation in Vanuatu, Zanzibar, and Tanzania.
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