| Global and Local Art Histories Contributor(s): Jeffery, Celina (Editor), Minissale, Gregory (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1847182526 ISBN-13: 9781847182524 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $67.27 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 709 |
| LCCN: 2008371988 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.10 lbs) 295 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There are now many books on postcolonial theory, yet relatively few of them gather together sustained, dynamic and insightful analyses of visuality, art and art history outside of hegemonic Euro-American themes and concerns. Global and Local Art Histories explores what it means to have a global and local experience of art. The 15 essays published here suggest ways of interpreting works of art from a broad range of cultural perspectives, many of them transcultural. Here are voices contesting concepts of history and culture, evaluating and exploring global and local identities in a changing world. Because of the variety of different approaches and cultural perspectives that Global and Local Art Histories brings together, the book presents a unique opportunity to question what we mean by that dangerously globalising category: the work of art and art history exploring g-local approaches that challenge such falsely universalising rubrics. |