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On Tropical Grounds
Avant-Garde and Surrealism in the Insular Atlantic
Critical South Series
Author: Hernandez Adrian Francisco J.
Language: EnglishKeywords
Avant-garde; the historical avant-gardes; surrealism; insular Atlantic; Caribbean; Canary Islands; modernization; colonialism; post-colonialism; visual culture studies; cosmopolitanism; visual arts; literature; cinema; cinematic production; exoticism; Caribbean studies; Atlantic studies; aesthetic practices; avant-garde practices; modernity; cultural production; cultural exchange; critical debate; political resistance; anti-fascist resistance; literary studies; cultural studies; exotic insularity; exoticism; self-exoticism
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The book argues that attention to the relational dimension implicit in exchanges around ideas of anti-colonial struggle, radical social transformation, and anti-fascist resistance should inform analyses of cultural production in Caribbean and Atlantic insular spaces. On Tropical Grounds develops a persuasive critical model for the investigation of politically and aesthetically situated archipelagic relations that transgresses disciplinary boundaries and reconfigures our conception of the avant-garde as a global movement that was overdetermined by racial, gender, and colonial conflicts. This book will be of value to anyone interested in Caribbean and Atlantic studies, avant-garde and visual culture studies, and literary and cultural studies.
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