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Diasporic returns : reading partition in contemporary art

Correia, A

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A Correia



Abstract

This paper proposes an expansion of the field of South Asian Partition Studies to include the work of globally dispersed diasporic artists. Undertaking a detailed study of the work of three contemporary artists, Nilofar Akmut, Zarina Bhimji, and Navin Rawanchaikul, this paper suggests that the legacies of the Partition of British India in 1947 traverse geographical boundaries and have been inherited by a generation who were not witness to its cataclysmic events. In specific artworks, Partition is variously directly or obliquely referenced, and provides a contextual frame for the construction of personal identities. Exhibited in Britain, these artworks also serve to remind audiences of the consequences of British Imperialism, and propose that the Partition of British India should rightly be included in narratives of British History.

Citation

Correia, A. (2017). Diasporic returns : reading partition in contemporary art. Third Text, 31(2-3), 321-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2017.1371917

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Nov 2, 2017
Publication Date Nov 2, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 13, 2017
Publicly Available Date May 2, 2019
Journal Third Text
Print ISSN 0952-8822
Publisher Routledge
Volume 31
Issue 2-3
Pages 321-340
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2017.1371917
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2017.1371917
Related Public URLs http://www.thirdtext.org
Additional Information Projects : Articulating British Asian Art History

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