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Author Wright, Kristina Dziedzic

Title Art, Culture, and Tourism on an Indian Ocean Island : an Ethnographic Study of Jua Kali Artists in Lamu, Kenya
Published Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (174 pages)
Contents ART, CULTURE, AND TOURISM ON AN INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND: An Ethnographic Study of Jua Kali Artists in Lamu, Kenya; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Color Plates; List of Black and White Plates; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Plate 1; Plate 2; Plate 3; Plate 4; Plate 5; Plate 6; Plate 7; Plate 8; Plate 9; Plate 10; Plate 11; Plate 12; Plate 13; Plate 14; Plate 15; Plate 16; Plate 17; Plate 18; Plate 19; Plate 20; Plate 21; Plate 22; Plate 23; Plate 24; Plate 25; Plate 26; Plate 27; Plate 28; Chapter 1 -- Culture as Commodity
Chapter 2 -- Birds of a FeatherChapter 3 -- Flocking Together; Chapter 4 -- Craft Depends on Materials; Chapter 5 -- Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book employs an ethnographic approach to understand the evolution of jua kali (Swahili for ""hot sun"") art forms, especially in response to the international tourism industry. The importance of ethnicity to Lamu's jua kali artists and the ways that ethnic identity is expressed visually in their artwork offers a unique approach to analyzing processes of cultural commoditization
Notes English
Subject Art and society -- Kenya -- Lamu
Tourism and art -- Kenya -- Lamu
Art, Kenyan -- Kenya -- Lamu
Ethnicity in art.
Artisans -- Kenya -- Lamu
Informal sector (Economics) -- Kenya -- Lamu
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Art and society
Art, Kenyan
Artisans
Ethnicity in art
Informal sector (Economics)
Social conditions
Tourism and art
Visual Arts.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Visual Arts - General.
SUBJECT Lamu (Kenya) -- Social conditions
Subject Kenya -- Lamu
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773444423
0773444424