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From a Nation Torn: Decolonizing Art and Representation in France, 1945-1962

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Description for From a Nation Torn: Decolonizing Art and Representation in France, 1945-1962 Paperback. Focusing on the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) and the historical continuities it presented with the experience of the Second World War, this book highlights decolonization's formative effects on art and related theories of representation, both political and aesthetic. Series: Art History Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 328 pages, 84 illustrations (inclu. 21 in colour). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; ACX; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 722.
From a Nation Torn provides a powerful critique of art history's understanding of French modernism and the historical circumstances that shaped its production and reception. Within art history, the aesthetic practices and theories that emerged in France from the late 1940s into the 1960s are demarcated as postwar. Yet it was during these very decades that France fought a protracted series of wars to maintain its far-flung colonial empire. Given that French modernism was created during, rather than after, war, Hannah Feldman argues that its interpretation must incorporate the tumultuous "decades of decolonization"and their profound influence on visual and public ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Objects/Histories
Condition
New
Weight
722g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822353713
SKU
V9780822353713
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About Hannah Feldman
Hannah Feldman is Associate Professor of Art History at Northwestern University.

Reviews for From a Nation Torn: Decolonizing Art and Representation in France, 1945-1962
"Hannah Feldman's book is a masterpiece of historical inquiry that fundamentally restructures our view of French society after 1945, banning the term postwar as a descriptor of that period. France was nothing but at war until 1962, first in Indochina, then in Algeria, and Feldman offers a radically new analysis of the impact those colonial wars had on its culture—from ... Read more

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