Unseeing Empire: Photography, Representation, South Asian America

by Bakirathi Mani

Book Overview

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 and affective relationships between South Asian diasporic artists, their photographic work, and their viewers. She notes that the desire for South Asian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478010894
• ISBN13: 9781478010890
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"