Table of Contents

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Modernity of Heritage
1 – Heritage as Source: Histories and Images of Osun Osogbo
2 – Heritage as Novelty: Revitalizing Yoruba Art in the Spirit of Modernism
3 – Heritage as Project: Hybridity and the Reauthentication of the Osun Grove
4 – Heritage as Style: Travel, Interaction, and the Branding of Osogbo Art
5 – Heritage as Spectacle: Image and Attention in the Osun Osogbo Festival
6 – Heritage as Remembrance: History, Photography and Styles of Imagination
7 – Heritage as Control: From Art and Religion to Media and Mediation
Coda: A Final Note on Heritage as Presence
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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About the Author

Peter Probst is Professor of Art and Art History at Tufts University.

Reviews

"A layered, rich exploration of the many and varied changes that have taken place in this significant Nigerian town." Robin Poynor, University of Florida "Illustrates global issues with a very detailed and perceptive analysis." Henry John Drewal, University of Wisconsin, Madison "In his discussion of the spectacular annual Osun Festival, [the author] astutely considers the contested and competing interpretations of this event. He also addresses heritage as memory, captured by photographs that are subsequently used by Oshogbo leaders to mediate the Osun Grove's meanings to international audiences. ... Recommended." Choice, March 2012