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Africa's Struggle for its art : : History of a Postcolonial Defeat

Savoy, Bénédicte. Book - 2022 709.6 Sa, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Art / History / Savoy, Benedicte 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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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.
"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.

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PUBLISHED
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Year Published: 2022
Description: viii, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780691234731
0691234736

SUBJECTS
Cultural property -- History -- Africa -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- History -- Africa -- 20th century.
Art, African.
Museums -- Acquisitions -- Europe.