Unseeing empire : photography, representation, South Asian America /

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"In Unseeing Empire Bakirathi Mani examines how empire continues to haunt South Asian American visual cultures. Weaving close readings of fine art together with archival research and ethnographic fieldwork at museums and galleries across South Asia and North America, Mani outlines the visual an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mani, Bakirathi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Camera obscura book.
Subjects:
South Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation > United States.
South Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
South Asian diaspora.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Acculturation > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Identité ethnique.
Sud-Asiatiques > Pays étrangers.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Criticism.
South Asian Americans > Ethnic identity
South Asian diaspora
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Work of Seeing: Photography and Representation in Diaspora
  • Uncanny Feelings: Diasporic Mimesis in Seher Shah's Geometric Landscapes and the Spectacle of Force
  • Representation in the Colonial Archive: Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's An Indian from India
  • Exhibiting Immigrants: Visuality, Visibility, and Representation at Beyond Bollywood
  • Archives of Diaspora: Gauri Gill's The Americans
  • Epilogue: Curating Photography, Seeing Community.

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