1st Edition
World Art and the Legacies of Colonial Violence
Edited By Daniel J. Rycroft
Copyright 2013
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
How have imperialism and its after-effects impacted patterns of cultural exchange, artistic creativity and historical/curatorial interpretation? World Art and the Legacies of Colonial Violence - comprised of ten essays by an international roster of art historians, curators, and anthropologists - forges innovative approaches to post-colonial studies, Indigenous studies, critical heritage studies,... Read more
Contents: Imperial tensions: a conceptual introduction, Daniel J. Rycroft; Part 1 Empires and Exhibitions: Yeyap’s resources: representation and the arts of the Bamum in Cameroon and France, 1902-1935, Simon Dell; Integrating the ’Indian’: the Indigenous American collections of George Catlin and Paul Kane, Stephanie Pratt; Inventing Australian Aboriginal art: from anti-art to fine art, Ian McLean. Part 2 Imperial Altercations: Violence and memory: slavery in the museum, Sarah Thomas; The head of Captain Câmara: colonial violence and the collection and repatriation of white men’s remains, Ricardo Roque; Forging the New World: an anthropological gaze into La Difesa della Razza panopticon, Maria Teresa Mìlicia. Part 3 Modernist Apprehensions: Sculptures, monuments and ’fetishes’: the intersections of German Kolonialwissenschaften (colonial sciences), ethnography and national identity, Heike M. Neumeister; Between possessions: collecting art and identity in a time of war in the Philippines, Patrick D. Flores; Co-existence and art historical apprehensions, Daniel J. Rycroft; Index.
Biography
Daniel J. Rycroft is Lecturer in the Arts and Cultures of Asia, at the University of East Anglia, UK.
