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Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture
Hackforth-Jones
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Description for Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture
Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Hackforth-Jones, Jocelyn; Roberts, Mary. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACBP; GM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
New Interventions in Art History
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405116886
SKU
V9781405116886
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Ref
99-50
About Hackforth-Jones
Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones is Professor of Art History and Provost at Richmond, The American International University in London. She is the author of (Re)Forming Identities: Intercultural Education and the Visual Arts (1998). Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Lecturer in British Art at the University of Sydney. She has co-edited two books: Orientalism’s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography (2002) and Refracting ... Read more
Reviews for Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture
"A pioneering collection of essays that offers a truly transnational approach to cross-cultural exchange. With great clarity and imagination, Edges of Empire forces us to re-think Orientalism both historically and politically." Michael Hatt, Yale University