Identity Theft: Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary Art

by Jonathan Harris

Book Overview

Identity Theft examines the complex socio-political forces that powerfully influence the production of visual art in our postcolonial and globalised world. Offering multiple and detailed case-studies drawn from around the world - the work of exiled Iranian and Palestinian artists, contemporary art in Turkey, the architectural reconstruction of Berlin since World War Two, hybrid urban development in Latin American countries, recent film in India, modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846311020
• ISBN13: 9781846311024
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 8.6"