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Peters, Christabelle (2016) The cultural politics of Luso-African identity : a look at the 7th São Tomé biennial. Critical Interventions : Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture, 10 (3). pp. 261-275. doi:10.1080/19301944.2016.1227217 ISSN 1930-1944.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19301944.2016.1227217
Abstract
The article uses the 7th São Tomé and Príncipe Biennial as a case study for exploring the intertwined notions of utopia and nostalgia in postcolonial cultural politics. From its inception in 1995, the art festival has been concerned with questions related to national identity, and has developed as an important site where these themes are debated and expressed. Since this small and remote African island nation is distinguished on the one hand, for its interesting and vital visual arts community, and, on the other, for the large number of NGOs operating on its territory, the issue of development has become inextricably linked with the biennial project. Although plans to collaborate with Angola for the 2014 festival rested on visions of a more balanced SouthSouth/Lusophone/pan-African cooperation, the author discovered that the reality continued a legacy of broken promises beginning with the dream of independence.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Hispanic Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sao Tome and Principe, National characteristics , Arts and society--Sao Tome and Principe, Visual communication, Group identity--Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome and Principe--Social conditions, Politics and culture--Sao Tome and Principe, Portugal--Colonies--Africa | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Critical Interventions : Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1930-1944 | ||||||
Official Date: | 27 October 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 261-275 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/19301944.2016.1227217 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 August 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 May 2018 | ||||||
Funder: | Leverhulme Trust (LT), University of Warwick Institute of Advanced Study Scholarship | ||||||
Grant number: | ECF-2014-071 | ||||||
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