Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalizing World
Published on 18. December 2014
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-4725-1930-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is an investigation of arts and aesthetics in their widest senses and experiences, presenting a variety of perspectives which range from the metaphysical to the political. Moving beyond art as an expression of the inner mind and invention of the individual self, the volume bridges the gap between changing perceptions of contemporary art and aesthetics, and maps globalizing currents in a number of contexts and regions.
The volume includes an impressive variety of case studies offered by established leaders in the field and original and emerging scholarly talent covering areas in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, and Germany, as well as providing transnational or diasporic perspectives. From the contradictory demands made on successful artists from the south in the global art world such as Anish Kapoor, to images of war and puppetry created by female political prisoners, the volume compels creative and political interpretations of the ever-changing and globalizing terrain of arts and aesthetics.
The volume includes an impressive variety of case studies offered by established leaders in the field and original and emerging scholarly talent covering areas in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, and Germany, as well as providing transnational or diasporic perspectives. From the contradictory demands made on successful artists from the south in the global art world such as Anish Kapoor, to images of war and puppetry created by female political prisoners, the volume compels creative and political interpretations of the ever-changing and globalizing terrain of arts and aesthetics.
Reviews / Votes
[The book] undertakes an important and timely project ... [it] excels via its heterogeneous glimpses and its curated range of worldmaking activities: digital media, pirated media, the activation of smell within museum exhibits, the soundscapes of weddings, mimesis within political practices, performative practices of diasporic cultures, and alternative art spaces in Tehran. The diversity of its examples offers insight into the sensorial as a realm between individual and group identities. * Anthropos *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
21 colour and 15 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
615 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-1930-6 (9781472519306)
DOI
CBID179681
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Persons
Raminder Kaur is Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.
Parul Dave-Mukherji is Professor in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Parul Dave-Mukherji is Professor in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Content
Introduction
Raminder Kaur, University of Sussex, UK and Parul Dave-Mukherji, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Of Mockery and Mimicking: Gaganendranath Tagore's Critique of Henri Bergson's Laughter (1911)
Emilia Terracciano, Courtaud Institute of Art and University College London, UK
The Return of the Aura: Anish Kapoor, the Studio and the World
Denis Vidal, IRD/Paris Diderot/EHESS, France
The Practice of Art: An Alternative View of Contemporary Art-making in Tehran
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi, New York University, USA
Art Under Siege: Perils and Possibilities of Aesthetic Forms in a Globalising World
Patricia Spyer, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Hot Bricolage: Magical Mimesis in Modern India
Christopher Pinney, UCL, UK
Waste and the Aesthetics of Justice
Shiv Visvanatham, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Slaps, Beatings, Laughter, Adda, Puppet Shows: Naxal Women Prisoners in Calcutta and the Art of Happiness in Captivity
Atreyee Sen, University of Manchester, UK
Rwanda: Healing and the Aesthetics of Poetry
Andrea Grieder, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and EHESS Paris, France
The Aesthetics of Diaspora: Sensual Milieus and Literary Worlds
Pnina Werbner, Keele University, UK and Mattia Fumanti, University of St. Andrews, UK
For Love's Sake? Changing landscapes of sonic and visual aesthetics of weddings in the Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Christiane Brosius, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The Aesthetics of Pirate Modernities: Bhojpuri Cinema and the Underclasses
Akshaya Kumar, University of Glasgow, UK
Intimacy Out of Place: On the Workings of Smell in an Exhibition on Human Sexuality
Susanne Schmitt, University of Munich, Germany
Consuming Culture: The Refiguration of Aesthetics in Nagaland Cultural Tourism in India's North East
Soumendra Patnaik, University of Delhi, India
Reflections upon the Meaning of Contemporary Digital Image-Making Practices in India
Paolo Favero, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Giulia Battaglia, Musee du Quai Branly, Paris
Reflections
Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK
Index
Raminder Kaur, University of Sussex, UK and Parul Dave-Mukherji, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Of Mockery and Mimicking: Gaganendranath Tagore's Critique of Henri Bergson's Laughter (1911)
Emilia Terracciano, Courtaud Institute of Art and University College London, UK
The Return of the Aura: Anish Kapoor, the Studio and the World
Denis Vidal, IRD/Paris Diderot/EHESS, France
The Practice of Art: An Alternative View of Contemporary Art-making in Tehran
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi, New York University, USA
Art Under Siege: Perils and Possibilities of Aesthetic Forms in a Globalising World
Patricia Spyer, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Hot Bricolage: Magical Mimesis in Modern India
Christopher Pinney, UCL, UK
Waste and the Aesthetics of Justice
Shiv Visvanatham, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Slaps, Beatings, Laughter, Adda, Puppet Shows: Naxal Women Prisoners in Calcutta and the Art of Happiness in Captivity
Atreyee Sen, University of Manchester, UK
Rwanda: Healing and the Aesthetics of Poetry
Andrea Grieder, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and EHESS Paris, France
The Aesthetics of Diaspora: Sensual Milieus and Literary Worlds
Pnina Werbner, Keele University, UK and Mattia Fumanti, University of St. Andrews, UK
For Love's Sake? Changing landscapes of sonic and visual aesthetics of weddings in the Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Christiane Brosius, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The Aesthetics of Pirate Modernities: Bhojpuri Cinema and the Underclasses
Akshaya Kumar, University of Glasgow, UK
Intimacy Out of Place: On the Workings of Smell in an Exhibition on Human Sexuality
Susanne Schmitt, University of Munich, Germany
Consuming Culture: The Refiguration of Aesthetics in Nagaland Cultural Tourism in India's North East
Soumendra Patnaik, University of Delhi, India
Reflections upon the Meaning of Contemporary Digital Image-Making Practices in India
Paolo Favero, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Giulia Battaglia, Musee du Quai Branly, Paris
Reflections
Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK
Index