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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.

Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture

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Paperback / softback by Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones , Mary Roberts

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 20/09/2005
    ISBN13: 9781405116893, 978-1405116893
    ISBN10: 1405116897

    Number of Pages: 256

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

    Description

    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.

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