Productive Failure - Writing Queer Transnational South Asian Art Histories

This monograph provides novel methods for writing transnational South Asian art history outside of genealogy.

List of contents

1 Introduction: Towards creolising transnational South Asian art histories
2 Authorship: Anish Kapoor as British/Asian/artist
3 Form: queer zen
4 Subject matter: writing as a racial pharmakon
5 Space/site: writing queer feminist transnational South Asian art histories
6 'Practice-led': producing art, producing art history
7 Affect: belonging
Afterword: Toward writing indigenous transnational South Asian art histories
Index

About the author

Alpesh Kantilal Patel is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at Florida International University, Miami

Summary

This monograph provides novel methods for writing transnational South Asian art history outside of genealogy. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Patel Alpesh Kantilal
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781526132529
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3252-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, ART / Asian / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General