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In Cameroon, a monumental statue of liberty is made from scrap metal. In Congo, a thriving popular music incorporates piercing screams and carnal dances. When these and other instantiations of the aesthetics of Africa and its diasporas are taken into account, how are ideas of beauty reconfigured? Scholars and artists take up that question in this invigorating, lavishly illustrated collection, which includes more than one hundred color images. Exploring sculpture, music, fiction, food, photography, fashion, and urban design, the contributors engage with and depart from canonical aesthetic theories as they demonstrate that beauty cannot be understood apart from ugliness. They show how theories of aesthetics are enriched by attention to anti-aesthetics. And, by suggesting that beaty is in some sense future-oriented, the essayists propose that taking beauty in Africa and its diasporas seriously is a way of rekindling hope in the midst of hardship.

#SBIB:39A5 --- #SBIB:316.7C122 --- #SBIB:316.7C124 --- Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning --- Cultuursociologie: overtuigingen, waarden en houdingen --- Cultuursociologie: gebruiken, zeden en gewoonten --- Aesthetics, African. --- Aesthetics --- philosophy of art --- Africa --- #breakthecanon --- Aesthetics, African --- African aesthetics

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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.

Sociology of culture --- cultureel erfgoed --- Folklore --- cultural heritage --- traditie --- anno 1800-1999 --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- #SBIB:93H3 --- #SBIB:316.7C122 --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Ritualism --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Origin of manners and customs --- Origin --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Cultuursociologie: overtuigingen, waarden en houdingen --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- History. --- History and criticism --- #VCV monografie 1999 --- 323.1 --- 323.1 Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 812 Ideologie --- 826 Imperialisme, Kolonialisme --- 841 Politiek Bestel --- 844 Sociale Structuur --- 846 Identiteit --- 860 (Vredes)cultuur --- 881 Afrika --- 883.5 Zuid-Azië --- 884.2 Noord-Europa --- Folklore. --- Origin. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Origines --- Origine --- Folklore. Geschiedenis. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- Coutumes. Origines. (Mélanges) --- Folklore. Histoire. (Mélanges) --- Gebruiken. Oorsprong. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- British --- Mœurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Britanniques --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Social life and customs. --- Histoire --- Windsor, House of --- Manners and customs - Origin --- Rites and ceremonies - Origin --- #SBIB: