African Luxury Aesthetics and Politics

Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be 'saved', and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as 'rising', African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consump...

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Other Authors: Dosekun, Simidele (Editor), Iqani, Mehita (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Intellect 2020
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