{"product_id":"artifak-hugo-deblock-9781836950790","title":"Artifak: Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu","description":"In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this generates, such as authentication of actions and things, indigenized copyright, and kastom disputes over ownership and the nature of kastom itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Deblock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836950799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836950790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Hugo Deblock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244242223359,"sku":"9781836950790","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77c70c46-5f4b-4599-951d-974be62abbef.jpg?v=1758135274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artifak-hugo-deblock-9781836950790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}