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Art and Visibility in Migratory Culture : Conflict, Resistance, and Agency.

This book explores the idea that art can enact small-scale resistances against the status quo in the social domain. These acts, which we call "little resistances," determine the limited yet potentially powerful political impact of art. From different angles, seventeen authors consider the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bal, Mieke
Otros Autores: Hernández-Navarro, Miguel Á
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012.
Colección:Thamyris.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book explores the idea that art can enact small-scale resistances against the status quo in the social domain. These acts, which we call "little resistances," determine the limited yet potentially powerful political impact of art. From different angles, seventeen authors consider the spaces where art events occur as "political spaces," and explore how such spaces host events of disagreements in migratory culture. The newly coined word "migratory" refers to the sensate traces of the movements of migration that characterize contemporary culture. In other words, movement is not an exceptiona.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (335 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789042032644
9042032642