{"product_id":"decentering-worlds-fairs-9783837681031","title":"Decentering World's Fairs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow are the histories of art and fashion connected in the global context of world's fairs? The contributors to this volume analyse the changing roles assumed by the arts, visual media, handicrafts, and artefacts and investigate the unifying conceptions of the \u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/em\u003e in the framework of national representations at world's fairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey reflect the ambivalent status of Latin American re-\/presentations and the artistic and curatorial strategies employed by representatives of (post)colonial or 'peripheral' states. By focusing on transcultural style migrations and aesthetic discourses in a globalised art world, the volume provides a re-vision of international exhibitions and world's fairs from the perspective of a critical art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933949182188,"sku":"9783837681031","price":191.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783837681031-decentering-world-s-fairs.jpg?v=1783886946","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/decentering-worlds-fairs-9783837681031","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}