Disturbing pasts memories, controversies and creativity

This collection explores the creative responses of artists to the legacies of war, colonialism, genocide and oppression. Based on a major project of international collaboration supported by the European Science Foundation, it brings together professional art practices, art history and visual culture...

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Weitere Verfasser: Wainwright, Leon (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Manchester Manchester University Press 2018
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Zusammenfassung:This collection explores the creative responses of artists to the legacies of war, colonialism, genocide and oppression. Based on a major project of international collaboration supported by the European Science Foundation, it brings together professional art practices, art history and visual culture studies, social anthropology, literary studies, history, museology and cultural policy studies. Case studies are drawn from diverse contexts, including South Africa, Germany, Namibia, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Australia. The results reveal a courageous and carefully examined global picture, with a variety of new approaches to confronting dominant historical narratives and shaping alternative interpretations--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xv, 263 Seiten
Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts
25 cm
ISBN:152611545X
1-5261-1545-X
9781526115454
978-1-5261-1545-4