Cultural hegemony archivos - Modernidade(s) Descentralizadas Art, politics and counterculture on the transatlantic axis during the Cold War Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:07:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Abstract expressionism as cultural critique https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/abstract-expressionism-as-cultural-critique-2/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:59:28 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2643 Craven argues that the reading of Abstract Expressionism as reflective of Cold War politics in its reinforcement of US imperialist discourse overlooks the decentred, subversive and radical side of this movement. This he explains is reflected in the multicultural roots of AE and the artists interest in non-western art plus the fact that many of … Continue reading Abstract expressionism as cultural critique

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]]> The Self-Colonizing Metaphor https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/the-self-colonizing-metaphor-2/ Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:07:38 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2659 The article puts forward the term self-colonisation in order to characterise the process of concepts, symbolic hierarchies and Eurocentric values internalisation by communities/nations that have “surrendered” to Europe/Occident cultural power, without having been invaded or become colonies. Kiossev takes Eastern Europe as his example, but the term could be applied to other “peripheral” European countries … Continue reading The Self-Colonizing Metaphor

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