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Art and the British Empire
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African Research & Documentation
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Barringer, Terry
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Art and the British Empire; edited by Timothy Barringer, Geoff Quilley and Douglas Fordham. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007, xxi + 442 pp. ISBN 978-0-7190-7392-2. £60.
The essays in this volume derive from papers presented at the conference 'Art and the British Empire', held at Tate Britain in 2001. Defining 'arf very broadly and recognising that not only 'arf but 'British' and 'Empire' are contested terms, it aims to open up debate and reclaim a place for the art of the British Empire at the heart of art historical study. The editors pay tribute to the pioneering work of John MacKenzie and draw on the insights and debates of post-colonialism, the 'new Imperial history' and ...