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Author Savoy, Bénédicte, author.

Title Africa's struggle for its art : history of a postcolonial defeat / Bénédicte Savoy ; translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
©2021

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  709.6 SAVOY    Check Shelf
Description viii, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Note "First published in German under the title Afrikas Kampf um seine Kunst Geschichte einer postkolonialen Niederlage by Bénédicte Savoy. Copyright © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2021"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Bingo -- You Hide Me -- Prussian Cultural Property -- Zero -- Increasingly Global -- Pause -- "German Debate" -- Festac '77 -- Attack, Defence -- A Spectre Is Haunting Europe -- Battle of Lists -- Lost Heritage -- Mexico and the Greeks -- Bremen -- Open End -- Back to the Future -- Epilogue.
Summary "A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Art, African.
Museums -- Acquisitions -- Europe.
Art, African. (OCoLC)fst00815861
Cultural property -- Protection. (OCoLC)fst00885019
Cultural property -- Repatriation. (OCoLC)fst00885046
Museums -- Acquisitions. (OCoLC)fst01030132
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Afrikas Kampf um seine Kunst. English
Other Form: Online version: Savoy, Bénédicte. Africa's struggle for its art Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022 9780691235912 (DLC) 2021038305
ISBN 9780691234731 hardcover
0691234736 hardcover
9780691235912 electronic book
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