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Con il termine di aristocrazia messicana si intende quel gruppo sociale composto da coloro che discendono da antenati facenti parte delle classe dirigente degli encomenderos dei secoli XVI e XVII, dei plutocrati proprietari di haciendas e di miniere e gestori del grande commercio dagli inizi del XVIII secolo al termine del periodo coloniale, e infine di quelle famiglie che dominarono la politica e l'economia del paese dall'indipendenza alla fine del porfirato. All'interno dell'aristocrazia la gerarchia si articola tenendo presente i due fattori dell'antichita del lignaggio e della ricchezza, quest'ultimo risultando prevalente sul primo. Nel lavoro qui presentato vengono presi in esame i simboli e gli elementi di coesione della classe, ma anche le differenze esistenti tra i vari settori che la compongono e le relazioni tra di esse intercorrenti.

"Africa and France reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production, especially in theatre, literature, film, and even museum construction. A hated of foreigners, accompanied by new forms of intolerance and racism, has crept from policy into popular expressions of ideas about the postcolony and ethnic minorities. Dominic Thomas's stimulating and insightful analyses unravel the complex cultural and political realities of longstanding mobility between Africa and Europe and question the attempt at placing strict limits on what it means to be French or European. Thomas offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness."--Provided by publisher

Focusing on the theme of warriorhood, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir weaves a complex history of how colonial influence forever changed artistic practice, objects, and their meaning. Looking at two widely diverse cultures, the Idoma in Nigeria and the Samburu in Kenya, Kasfir makes a bold statement about the links between colonialism, the Europeans' image of Africans, Africans' changing self representation, and the impact of global trade on cultural artifacts and the making of art. This intriguing history of the interaction between peoples, aesthetics, morals, artistic objects and practices, and the global trade in African art challenges current ideas about artistic production and representation

"Writing" and "reference" in Ifá divination chants -- Culture, meaning, proverbs (for Oyekan Owomoyela, in memoriam) -- Reading, writing, and epistemic instability in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Sex, gender, and plot in Fágúnwà's adventures -- Akínwùmí Ìsòlá's Efúnsetán Aníwúrà and Yorùbá woman-being -- Photography and the panegyric in contemporary Yorùbá culture.