Bogolan

Shaping Culture through Cloth in Contemporary Mali

By: Victoria L. Rovine

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Paperback | 1 August 2008 | Edition Number 2

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200 Pages

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25 x 18 x 1

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Focusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, Victoria L. Rovine traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the cloth from its village origins into a symbol of new internationalism. Rovine shows how the biography of this uniquely African textile reveals much about contemporary culture in urban Africa and about the global markets in which African art circulates. Bogolan has become a symbol of national and ethnic identities, an element of contemporary, urban fashion, and a lucrative product in tourist art markets. At the heart of this beautifully illustrated book are the artists, changing notions of tradition, nationalism, and the value of cloth making and marketing on a worldwide scale.

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"Well-organized chapters, extensive notes, an excellent bibliography, and beautiful colour and black-and-white illustrations make Bogolan a pleasure to read. It is highly recommended to all those interested in the arts of Africa and in the social and economic transformations that have influenced them during the past decades." African Studies Review "Rovine has given us a thorough and authoritative account of the adaptability of a given textile to a wide range of local and international modalities." Textile

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Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Bogolan's Biography
The Rural Roots of Bogolan
The Tourist Art Market: Commerce in Authenticity
Tourist Market Bogolan: Changing Demands, Changing Forms
Fine Art Bogolan: Between Categories
The Fine Art Market: From Bogolan to Le Bogolan
Culture through Clothing: Bogolan as Fashion
Making It Modern: Bogolan Clothing's Dual Directions
Bogolan Abroad: Reverberations in the United States
Conclusion: Making the Traditional Modern Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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