From Cameroon to Paris

Mousgoum Architecture in and Out of Africa

Szerző: Steven Nelson

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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The kind of extraordinary domed house constructed by Chad and Cameroon's Mousgoum peoples has long h...

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Szerző

Steven Nelson

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2007

oldal

304

EAN

9780226571836

ISBN

0226571831

Enbook ID

04547839

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

838

Méretek

186 x 260 x 23

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The kind of extraordinary domed house constructed by Chad and Cameroon's Mousgoum peoples has long held sway over the Western imagination. In fact, as Steven Nelson shows here, this prototypical beehive-shaped structure known as the teleuk has been cast as everything from a sign of authenticity to a tourist destination to a perfect fusion of form and function in a culture without self-consciousness. In this multifaceted history of the teleuk, thought of by the Mousgoum themselves as a three-dimensional symbol of their culture, Nelson charts how a singular building's meaning has the capacity to change over time and in different places. Drawing on fieldwork in Cameroon and Japan as well as archival research in Africa, the United States, and Europe, Nelson explores how the teleuk has been understood by groups ranging from contemporary tourists to the Cameroonian government and - most importantly - today's Mousgoum people. In doing so, he moves in and out of Africa to provide a window into a changing Mousgoum culture and to show how both African and Western peoples use the built environment to advance their own needs and desires. Highlighting the global impact of African architecture, "From Cameroon to Paris" will appeal to scholars and students of African art history and architectural history, as well as those interested in Western interactions with Africa.

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