Description
| Product ID: | 9780367640347 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art and Race |
| Title: | Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia |
| Subtitle: | Vertiginous Exchange |
| Authors: | Author: Natasha Eaton |
| Page Count: | 220 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History of art, History of art, History, History, General and world history, Asian history, History, Colonialism and imperialism, Religion: general, Society and culture: general, Social and ethical issues, Anthropology, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, History of art / art & design styles, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, Humanities, History, General & world history, Asian history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Religion: general, Society & culture: general, Social issues & processes, Anthropology, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia questions what might be ideas of vertiginous collecting, art making and museums as expanded fields, including wonder houses, missionary museums or museobuses, in Britain and South Asia. Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia questions what are ideas of vertiginous collecting, art-making and museums as expanded fields, including wonder houses and missionary museums (or museobuses) in Britain and South Asia. If the historiography of British India has privileged photography and the ''Imperial Picturesque'', the emphasis here is on the formation of a creole modernity, one that considers the relationship between art and labour, including pearlescence and pearl fishing in Sri Lanka, and the iconoclastic/fetish debates and forms of collecting amongst missionaries. Eaton explores these themes alongside the genealogies and modernities of white(ness) in contemporary curating and amateur female practice, and how the museobus or museum as a unique object has informed the work of contemporary artist group Raqs Media Collective. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, Asian history, and imperial and colonial history. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-29 |
