The book is currently out of stock
Parameters
- 296 pages
- 11 hours of reading
More about the book
Focusing on transcultural modernism, the book explores artistic practices and anti-colonial movements from the 1920s to the 1960s through a postcolonial lens. It critiques Western concepts of race and culture while examining collaborations between artists across colonial boundaries. Case studies from Indian modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and post-war abstraction illustrate a diverse global modernism as a political response to Western coloniality. The text serves as a vital resource for those studying art history, transcultural studies, and postcolonial theory.
Book purchase
Transmodern, Christian Kravagna
- Language
- Released
- 2022
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
No one has rated yet.
- Title
- Transmodern
- Subtitle
- An Art History of Contact, 1920-60
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Christian Kravagna
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN13
- 9781526160362
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction
- Description
- Focusing on transcultural modernism, the book explores artistic practices and anti-colonial movements from the 1920s to the 1960s through a postcolonial lens. It critiques Western concepts of race and culture while examining collaborations between artists across colonial boundaries. Case studies from Indian modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and post-war abstraction illustrate a diverse global modernism as a political response to Western coloniality. The text serves as a vital resource for those studying art history, transcultural studies, and postcolonial theory.