Ethno-baroque : materiality, aesthetics, and conflict in modern-day Macedonia / / Rozita Dimova

• Autore: Dimova Rozita
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 949.7603
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Macedonia; Material culture - Macedonia; National characteristics, Macedonian; Ethnic conflict - Macedonia; Architecture, Baroque - Macedonia; Furniture, Baroque - Macedonia
• Soggetto geografico: Macedonia Ethnic relations; Macedonia Social conditions
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Material losses Barok style; Chapter 1-From past necessity to contemporary friction: Negotiating minorities through migration; Chapter 2-Lost objects, gained privileges; Chapter 3-""Modern"" masculinities: Emancipation through education; Chapter 4-Topography of spatial and temporal ruptures: (Im)materialities of (post)socialism; Chapter 5-The Baroque effect: Central Skopje between antiquitization and Christianization; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In post-1991 Macedonia, Barok furniture came to represent affluence and success during a period of transition to a new market economy. This furniture marked the beginning of a larger Baroque style that influenced not only interior decorations in people's homes but also architecture and public spaces. By tracing the signifier Baroque, the book examines the reconfiguration of hierarchical relations among (ethnic) groups, genders, and countries in a transnational context. Investigating how Baroque has come to signify larger social processes and transformations in the current rebranding of the co
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethno-baroque
• ISBN: 1-78238-041-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790681203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II