ISBN:
978-1-78920-042-3
,
1-78920-042-3
,
978-1-78920-043-0 /eBook
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 265 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First published
Keywords:
Vanuatu Kunst
;
Tourismus
;
Massenware
;
Revitalisierung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this generates, such as authentication of actions and things, indigenized copyright, and kastom disputes over ownership and the nature of kastom itself.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustration - Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Art and commodity in Vanuatu -- Art, anthropology, and tourism -- Arts of Vanuatu -- Making authenticity -- Selling authenticity -- Commodities and authenticity - Museums -- Conclusion: Artifak, the value of art in Vanuatu - References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 222-260
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