Cultural Heritage in Mali in the Neoliberal Era
Rosa de Jorio
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Hardback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTV; JHMC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Up to 2012, Mali was a poster child of African democracy, despite multiple signs of growing dissatisfaction with the democratic experiment. Then disaster struck, bringing many of the nation's unresolved contradictions to international attention. A military coup carved off the country's south. A revolt by a coalition of Tuareg and extremist Islamist forces shook the north. The events, so violent and unexpected, forced experts to reassess Mali's democratic institutions and the neoliberal economic reforms enacted in conjunction with the move toward democracy. Rosa De Jorio's detailed study of cultural heritage and its transformations provides a key to understanding the impasse ... Read more
Up to 2012, Mali was a poster child of African democracy, despite multiple signs of growing dissatisfaction with the democratic experiment. Then disaster struck, bringing many of the nation's unresolved contradictions to international attention. A military coup carved off the country's south. A revolt by a coalition of Tuareg and extremist Islamist forces shook the north. The events, so violent and unexpected, forced experts to reassess Mali's democratic institutions and the neoliberal economic reforms enacted in conjunction with the move toward democracy. Rosa De Jorio's detailed study of cultural heritage and its transformations provides a key to understanding the impasse ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Interp Culture New Millennium
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040276
SKU
V9780252040276
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About Rosa de Jorio
Rosa De Jorio is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Florida.
Reviews for Cultural Heritage in Mali in the Neoliberal Era
"In the tradition of Michel Foucault's work, Rosa de Jorio's book represents a fascinating analysis of the politics of cultural heritage in Mali in the context of the privatization of cultural initiatives and the rise of fundamentalist Islam."
Jean-Loup Amselle, author of Branchements: Anthropologie de l'universalité des cultures "A marvelous text. De Jorio not only discusses the cultural ramifications of 'heritage' ... Read more
Jean-Loup Amselle, author of Branchements: Anthropologie de l'universalité des cultures "A marvelous text. De Jorio not only discusses the cultural ramifications of 'heritage' ... Read more