Globalizing the Avant-Garde

How has the process of globalization shaped artistic practices on the one hand, and art history and theory on the other? The contributions in this volume approach this question from a range of perspectives, taking into account the role of travel, for example, or practitioners' increasing knowledge of other cultures, art's increasing awareness of itself as existing on a global level, literary translation, the advance of technology, and the ever-changing grand narratives of art history. As well as reflections on European avant-gardes and neo-avant-gardes, the collection features discussions of Japan, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. As a whole, the volume engages with broader current discourses about cultural globalization, and features input from leading scholars around the world as well as some important novel interventions by early-career researchers. The authors not only make a major contribution to the evolution of avant-garde studies, but also offer valuable, original points of view to art history and to the cultural theory of globalization more broadly.

About the author

Professor David Ayers
, University of Kent, UK;
Professor Margarida Brito Alves
, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal;
Professor Joana Cunha Leal
, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal;
Professor Benedikt Hjartarson
, University of Iceland, Iceland.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Ayers (Editor), Margarida Brito Alves (Editor), Joana Cunha Leal (Editor), Benedikt Hjartarson (Editor), Benedikt Hjartarson u a (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German, French
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2024
• EAN: 9783111317533
• ISBN: 978-3-11-131753-3
• No. of pages: 487
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 30 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 825 g
• Illustrations: 13 b/w and 43 col. ill.
• Series: European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Avantgarde, art, Globalization, Sprache, Linguistik, Cultural Studies, Avant-garde, ART015100 ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General