1st Edition

Diaspora and Visual Culture Representing Africans and Jews

Edited By Nicholas Mirzoeff Copyright 1999
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first book to examine the connections between diaspora - the movement, whether forced or voluntary, of a nation or group of people from one homeland to another - and its representations in visual culture. Two foundational articles by Stuart Hall and the painter R.B. Kitaj provide points of departure for an exploration of the meanings of diaspora for cultural identity and artistic... Read more
List o f illustrations, List o f contributors, Acknowledgments, INTRODUCTION, PART I Points of departure, PART II Diasporic identity in the nineteenth century, PART III Engendering diaspora, PART IV Poland-Brazil

Biography

Edited by Mirzoeff, Nicholas

'Rich and provocative.' - Eva Frojmovic, The Art Book