{"product_id":"cold-war-art-worlds-south-asian-art-and-artists-in-prague-1947-1989-9789462704701","title":"Cold War Art Worlds: South Asian Art and Artists in Prague, 1947-1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Simone Wille\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - 20th \u0026amp; 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrague as a vital Cold War hub for South Asian artists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Cold War, the Central-European capital city Prague, along with other previously less noticed locations in the polarised post-war world, emerged as a key site where an art world of particular importance for artists from South Asia developed. By emphasising cultural mobility as a catalyst for exchange and network building, this book challenges and complicates assumptions about Cold War binaries of East and West and the polarisation between so-called totalitarian regimes and free cultures. Positioning Prague as a nexus where South-Asian modernisms intersected with multiple peoples, histories, and ideologies in the post-World War II era, it offers a narrative of decolonisation that rejected rigid systemic alignment in favour of participation across blocs by prioritising migratory aesthetics over nationalist parochialism. Well-researched and rich in archival materials, this book proposes new ways of writing art histories and makes a significant contribution to both Cold War studies and critical global modernism studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leuven University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47574164209815,"sku":"9789462704701","price":5762.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789462704701.webp?v=1774894849","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cold-war-art-worlds-south-asian-art-and-artists-in-prague-1947-1989-9789462704701","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}