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Visual arts in Cameroon a genealogy of non-formal training, 1976-2014
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Title
Visual arts in Cameroon [electronic resource] : a genealogy of non-formal training, 1976-2014 / Annette Schemmel.
ISBN
9789956763993
9956763993
9789956763603
Published
[Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (404 pages) :) : illustrations (some color)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the consolidation of the "Systeme de Grands Freres" in the 1970s to the emergence of more discursively oriented small artists' initiatives which responded to the growing NGO market of social practice art opportunities in the 2000s. Based on archival research, participant observation and in depth interviews with art practitioners in Douala and Yaounde, this study is a must read for everyone who wants to better understand the vibrant artistic scenes in countries like Cameroon, which until today lack a proper state-funded infrastructure in the arts.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 African Studies.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 Global Cultural Studies.
Other formats
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-396) and index.
Contents
Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Antecedents : the emergence of modern art in Cameroon
3. Collective action and intergenerational solidarity among artists (1976-1991)
4. The 1990s : the empowerment of a new generation of artists through non-formal training
5. Becoming an artist in a "connexionist" age
6. Learning from Cameroon's history of non-formal training.
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