Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics

Author:   Douglas Howland ,  Elizabeth Lillehoj ,  Maximilian Mayer
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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9781349957057


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 July 2018
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This volume aims to question, challenge, supplement, and revise current understandings of the relationship between aesthetic and political operations. The authors transcend disciplinary boundaries and nurture a wide-ranging sensibility about art and sovereignty, two highly complex and interwoven dimensions of human experience that have rarely been explored by scholars in one conceptual space. Several chapters consider the intertwining of modern philosophical currents and modernist artistic forms, in particular those revealing formal abstraction, stylistic experimentation, self-conscious expression, and resistance to traditional definitions of “Art.” Other chapters deal with currents that emerged as facets of art became increasingly commercialized, merging with industrial design and popular entertainment industries. Some contributors address Post-Modernist art and theory, highlighting power relations and providing sceptical, critical commentary on repercussions of colonialism and notions of universal truths rooted in Western ideals. By interfering with established dichotomies and unsettling stable debates related to art and sovereignty, all contributors frame new perspectives on the co-constitution of artworks and practices of sovereignty.

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Author:   Douglas Howland ,  Elizabeth Lillehoj ,  Maximilian Mayer
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349957057


ISBN 10:   1349957054
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Art and Sovereignty .- 2. Space and Sovereignty: A Reverse Perspective .- 3. The International Movement to Protect Literary and Artistic Property .- 4. Dongbei, Manchukuo, Manchuria: Territory, Artifacts, and the Multiple Bodies of Sovereignty in Northeast Asia .- 5. Claims .- 6. Stolen Buddhas and Sovereignty Claims .- 7. Art by Dispossession at El Paso Saddleback Company: Commodification and Graduated Sovereignty in Global Capitalism .- 8. Claiming Sovereignty through Equestrian Spectacle in Northern Cameroon .- 9. Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema: Digital Diaspora Films of South Korea and Malaysia .- 10. Re-viewing Sovereignty: North Korean Authoritarianism and Art .- 11. Sovereignty as Performance and Video Art: Citizenship between International Relations and Artistic Representation .- 12. Directions for Future Research on Art, Sovereignty, and Global Affairs.

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Douglas Howland is Buck Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He is, most recently, author of International Law and Japanese Sovereignty: The Emerging Global Order in the 19th Century (2016) and co-editor (with Luise White) of The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations (2009). Elizabeth Lillehoj is Professor of Asian Art History with a specialization in premodern Japan, teaching at DePaul University in Chicago, USA. She is the editor of three volumes on East Asian art and author of Art and Palace Politics in Japan, 1580s-1680s (2011). Maximilian Mayer is Research Professor at the German Studies Center of Tongji University, Shanghai, with a specialization in International Relations, Science, Technology, and Arts. He is co-editor of The Global Politics of Science and Technology Vol.1 and Vol.2 (2014).

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