Contemporary Art and Unforgetting in Colonial Landscapes: Islands of Empire

by Kate McMillan

This book explores the work of artists based in the global south whose practices and methods interrogate and explore the residue of Empire. In doing so, it highlights the way that contemporary art can assist in the un-forgetting of colonial violence and oppression that has been systemically minimized. The research draws from various fields including memory studies; postcolonial and decolonial strategies of resistance; activism; theories of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030172899
• ISBN13: 9783030172893
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"