Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalizing World

by Kaur, Raminder; Dave-Mukherji, Parul; Staples, James

• ISBN13: 9781472519313
• ISBN10: 1472519310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-05-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This is an investigation of arts and aesthetics in their widest senses and experiences, presenting a variety of perspectives which range from the metaphysical to the political. Moving beyond art as an expression of the inner mind and invention of the individual self, the volume bridges the gap between changing perceptions of contemporary art and aesthetics, and maps globalizing currents in a number of contexts and regions.

The volume includes an impressive variety of case studies offered by established leaders in the field and original and emerging scholarly talent covering areas in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, and Germany, as well as providing transnational or diasporic perspectives. From the contradictory demands made on successful artists from the south in the global art world such as Anish Kapoor, to images of war and puppetry created by female political prisoners, the volume compels creative and political interpretations of the ever-changing and globalizing terrain of arts and aesthetics.

Author Biography

Raminder Kaur is Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

Parul Dave-Mukherji is Professor and Dean of the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Raminder Kaur, University of Sussex, UK and Parul Dave-Mukherji, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Of Mockery and Mimicking: Gaganendranath Tagore's Critique of Henri Bergson's Laughter (1911)
Emilia Terracciano, Courtaud Institute of Art and University College London, UK

The Return of the Aura: Anish Kapoor, the Studio and the World
Denis Vidal, IRD/Paris Diderot/EHESS, France

The Practice of Art: An Alternative View of Contemporary Art-making in Tehran
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi, New York University, USA

Art Under Siege: Perils and Possibilities of Aesthetic Forms in a Globalising World
Patricia Spyer, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Hot Bricolage: Magical Mimesis in Modern India
Christopher Pinney, UCL, UK

Waste and the Aesthetics of Justice
Shiv Visvanatham, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Slaps, Beatings, Laughter, Adda, Puppet Shows: Naxal Women Prisoners in Calcutta and the Art of Happiness in Captivity
Atreyee Sen, University of Manchester, UK

Rwanda: Healing and the Aesthetics of Poetry
Andrea Grieder, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and EHESS Paris, France

The Aesthetics of Diaspora: Sensual Milieus and Literary Worlds
Pnina Werbner, Keele University, UK and Mattia Fumanti, University of St. Andrews, UK

For Love's Sake? Changing landscapes of sonic and visual aesthetics of weddings in the Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Christiane Brosius, University of Heidelberg, Germany

The Aesthetics of Pirate Modernities: Bhojpuri Cinema and the Underclasses
Akshaya Kumar, University of Glasgow, UK

Intimacy Out of Place: On the Workings of Smell in an Exhibition on Human Sexuality
Susanne Schmitt, University of Munich, Germany

Consuming Culture: The Refiguration of Aesthetics in Nagaland Cultural Tourism in India's North East
Soumendra Patnaik, University of Delhi, India

Reflections upon the Meaning of Contemporary Digital Image-Making Practices in India
Paolo Favero, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Giulia Battaglia, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Reflections
Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK

Index