Minor China: Method, Materialisms, and the Aesthetic

by Hentyle Yapp

Book Overview

In Minor China Hentyle Yapp analyzes contemporary Chinese art as it circulates on the global art market to outline the limitations of Western understandings of non-Western art. Yapp reconsiders the all-too-common narratives about Chinese art that celebrate the heroic artist who embodies political resistance against the authoritarian state. These narratives, as Yapp establishes, prevent Chinese art, aesthetics, and politics from being discussed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011556
• ISBN13: 9781478011552
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"