African Luxury
Aesthetics and Politics
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
180 pages
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6 halftones
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6 2/3 x 9
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: The Politics and Aesthetics of Luxury in Africa by Simidele Dosekun and Mehita Iqani Section 1: Africa Risen Chapter 1: The Last Luxury Frontier? How Global Consulting Firms Discursively Construct the African Market by Mehita Iqani Chapter 2: African Utopianism: The Invention of Africa in Diesel’s The Daily African – A Retrogressive Reading by Hlonipha Mokoena Chapter 3: For Love or Money? Romance, Luxury and Class Distinction on Mzansi Magic’s Date My Family by Alexia Smit Section 2: Re/Crafting African Style Chapter 4: From African Print to Global Luxury: Dutch Wax Cloth Rebranding and the Politics of High-Value by M. Amah Edoh Chapter 5: The Playful and Privileged Africanicity of Luxury: @AlaraLagos by Simidele Dosekun Chapter 6: Fields of Marigold: Makers and Wearers of African Luxury Beaded Necklaces by Pamila Gupta Section 3: Ambiguous Luxury Spaces Chapter 7: Luminance and the Moralization of Black Women’s Luxury Consumption in South Africa by Ndapwa Alweendo and Simidele Dosekun Chapter 8: The Politics of Repair: Talatona and Luxury Urbanism in Luanda, Angola by Claudia Gastrow Chapter 9: Welcome to the Jungle: Tropical Modernism, Decadence, Gardening in Africa by Jonathan Cane
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