{"product_id":"modernist-art-in-ethiopia-elizabeth-giorgis-9780821423462","title":"Modernist Art in Ethiopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eShort-listed for the Fage \u0026amp; Oliver Prize for outstanding scholarly work published on Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist, African Studies Association Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist, ASA Bethwell A. Ogot Prize for best book in east African studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf modernism initially came to Africa through colonial contact, what does Ethiopia's inimitable historical condition--its independence save for five years under Italian occupation--mean for its own modernist tradition? In \u003ci\u003eModernist Art in Ethiopia\u003c\/i\u003e--the first book-length study of the topic--Elizabeth W. Giorgis recognizes that her home country's supposed singularity, particularly as it pertains to its history from 1900 to the present, cannot be conceived outside the broader colonial legacy. She uses the evolution of modernist art in Ethiopia to open up the intellectual, cultural, and political histories of it in a pan-African context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiorgis explores the varied precedents of the country's political and intellectual history to understand the ways in which the import and range of visual narratives were mediated across different moments, and to reveal the conditions that account for the extraordinary dynamism of the visual arts in Ethiopia. In locating its arguments at the intersection of visual culture and literary and performance studies, \u003ci\u003eModernist Art in Ethiopia\u003c\/i\u003e details how innovations in visual art intersected with shifts in philosophical and ideological narratives of modernity. The result is profoundly innovative work--a bold intellectual, cultural, and political history of Ethiopia, with art as its centerpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Giorgis,Elizabeth W. Giorgis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821423460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821423462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"Elizabeth Giorgis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086966010111,"sku":"9780821423462","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62d501b8-3df4-4347-a881-9b674d86c5ac.jpg?v=1769097527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernist-art-in-ethiopia-elizabeth-giorgis-9780821423462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}