Deconstructing the myths of Islamic art. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Onur Öztürk, Xenia Gazi, Sam Bowker.
• Editors: Öztürk, Onur; Gazi, Xenia; Bowker, Sam
• Contents: Foreword, Wendy M. K. Shaw Introduction (Onur Öztürk, Xenia Gazi and Sam Bowker ); Part 1: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Scholarship 1. Deconstructing the Myths and Mysteries of the Mosque: West African Marginality, Transculturation, Vernacularization (Cleo Cantone ); 2. Cross-culturation with Classical Hellenism in Late Antique Arabia (Juan de Lara ); 3. Debunking the Regionalistic Myth in the Discourse on Islamic Ornament (Valerie Gonzalez ); 4. The Islam in Europe Exhibition and the World of Islam Festival: Curatorial Aporia and Failure as Methodology (Nur Sobers-Khan ); 5. Fiber Fragments: The Divided Histories of Textiles from the Islamic World (Patricia Blessing ); Part 2: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Museums and Classrooms 6. Influencing Presentation and Interpretation of Islamic Art in Museum Settings: The Myths of Inclusivity, Didacticism, and Provincialism (Xenia Gazi ); 7. Approaches to Arts of Asia and Islamic Cultures in Mid-Atlantic Museums (Ashley Dimmig ); 8. Islamic Art Exhibition, Orientalism, and Contemporary Socio-politics: Demystifying Connections (Melissa M. Forstrom ); 9. Decolonizing and Demystifying Islamic Art in American Undergraduate Education (Onur Öztürk ); 10. The Myth of Center and Periphery (Sam Bowker ); Part 3: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Contemporary Art Practice 11. Translating Mughal History: Hamra Abbas and the Contemporary Miniature (Karen Greenwalt ); 12. A ‘Layered Lens’ on the Arts of the Islamic World in the Contemporary Pacific (Leslee Katrina Michelsen ); 13. Gen Y Speaks: Performing and Unfolding Identity in the Work of Australian Muslim Artists (Hamida Novakovich ); 14. Deconstructing Myths via Performance Strategies: Experiences of a Contemporary Practitioner (Sami Ismat ); Conclusion (Onur Öztürk, Xenia Gazi, and Sam Bowker )
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 700.48297; Islamic art -- Study and teaching (Higher); Islamic civilization -- Study and teaching (Higher)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000555950; 9781000555875; 9781003170525
• Related ISBNs: 9780367772659
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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