{"product_id":"edges-of-empire-9781405116886","title":"Edges of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdges of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and display, and a survey of key Orientalist tropes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains original essays on new perspectives for scholars and students of art history, architecture, museum studies and cultural and postcolonial studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pioneering collection of essays that offers a truly transnational approach to cross-cultural exchange. With great clarity and imagination, \u003ci\u003eEdges of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e forces us to re-think Orientalism both historically and politically.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael Hatt, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor's Preface. \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Visualising Culture across the Edges of Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Mary Roberts and Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Commemorating the Empire: From Algiers to Damascus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Zeynep Çelik).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Out of the Earth, Egypt's Statue of Liberty?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Cultural Crossings: Sartorial Adventures, Satiric Narratives and the Question of Indigenous Agency in Nineteenth-Century Europe and the Near East. (Mary Roberts).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"Oriental\" Femininity as Cultural Commodity: Authorship, Authority and Authenticity. (Reina Lewis).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Sweet Waters of Asia: Representing Difference\/Differencing Representation in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul. (Frederick N. Bohrer).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Work of Translation: Turkish Modernism and the \"Generation of 1914\". (Alastair Wright).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Stolen or Shared: Ancient Egypt at the Petrie Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Sally MacDonald).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Andalusia in the Time of the Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900. (Roger Benjamin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography (Hannah Williams).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407853461847,"sku":"9781405116886","price":93.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405116886.jpg?v=1730500743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edges-of-empire-9781405116886","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}