Edges of Empire

Orientalism and Visual Culture

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Edges of Empire is a timely reassessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture through its focus on the intersection between modernization, modernism and Orientalism.

- Covers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and display, and a survey of key Orientalist tropes - Contains original essays on new perspectives for scholars and students of art history, architecture, museum studies and cultural and postcolonial studies - Highlights contested identities and new definitions of self through topics such as 19th century monuments to Empire, cultural cross-dressing, performance and display at the international exhibitions, and contemporary museological practice.

• ISBN: 9781405116893
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.10.2005
• Größe: 229 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Wiley
• Herausgegeben von: Mary Roberts, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones