Aesthetics, Arts, and Politics in a Global World
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Aesthetics, Arts, and Politics in a Global World

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
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Aesthetics, Arts, and Politics in a Global World

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A different set of purposes define culture today than those that preoccupied the world in the immediate decades of decolonization. Focusing on art and music in diverse parts of the world, Daniel Herwitz explores a world that has largely shifted from the earlier days of nationalism, decolonization and cultural exclusion, to one of global markets and networks. Using examples from India and Mexico to South Africa, Australia and China, Herwitz argues that the cultural politics and art being produced in these places are now post- postcolonial. Where the postcolonial downplayed formerly Eurocentric forms and celebrated art with national consciousness, the rules for 21st century cultural authenticity are quickly disappearing. Young people think of themselves in relation to global culture rather than nation-¬-building; the project of producing a new and modern art for the incipient and rising postcolonial nation is out of date. By examining the shift in which art accesses the past and the rise of trends such as hitching consumer culture to celebrity forms and branding, Herwitz's original and engaging exploration of contemporary art captures the ways in which art has given way to a new form of production, altering everything from the role of tradition and heritage in contemporary art to the terms of its vision and circulation.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. Postcolonial Modernism: The Case of M.F. Husain
  10. 3. Postcolonial Critique: Frida and Amrita
  11. 4. Preparing Art for Freedom in the New South Africa
  12. 5. Aboriginal, Abstract, and Isi-Tsonga
  13. 6. Post-Postcolonial: Figaro South of the Zambesi
  14. 7. Xu Bing’s Archive of the Past
  15. 8. The Persistent Witness: George Gittoes
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index