Bøger af Bennetta Jules-Rosette

An essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art. Read to explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa.

Charts the musical world of a notorious period in world history, apartheid South Africa. This book explores how music was produced through, and was productive of, key features of apartheid's social and political topography.

Tourist art may be a billion dollar business. Sociology textbooks treat the arts as subordinate reflections of social forces, norms, or groups. After the contributions by Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, the sociology of religion is well established, but where is a Durkheim or Weber for the sociology of art?

Based on a four-year longitudinal study of urban adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia, this book offers both a theoretical analysis and a case study of African urbanization as a social process. The book contains the original interview material and numerous photos of the extensive fieldwork.

Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. This work explores African writing and identity in France from the early negritude movement and the founding of the Presence Africaine publishing house in 1947 to the mid-1990s.

Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolism