Essays in Migratory Aesthetics (English, Sam Durrant | Catherine M. Lord)

About the Book

This volume addresses the impact of human movement on the aesthetic practices that make up the fabric of culture. The essays explore the ways in which cultural activities--ranging from the habitual gestures of the body to the production of specific artworks--register the impact of migration, from the forced transportation of slaves to the New World and of Jews to the death camps to the economic migration of peoples between the West and its erstwh…

ISBN: 9789042022362