Unseeing empire : photography, representation, South Asian America / Bakirathi Mani.

"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 an...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Duke)
Main Author: Mani, Bakirathi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Camera obscura book.
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