Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual CultureISBN: 978-1-4051-1688-6
Hardcover
248 pages
October 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Offers a timely reassessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture
- Covers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and display, and a survey of key Orientalist tropes
- Contains original essays on new perspectives for scholars and students of art history, architecture, museum studies and cultural and postcolonial studies
- Highlights contested identities and new definitions of self through topics such as 19th century monuments to Empire, cultural cross-dressing, performance and display at the international exhibitions, and contemporary museological practice.
