{"product_id":"the-unmaking-of-home-in-contemporary-art-hardback-9781442649828","title":"The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art (Hardback) 9781442649828","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaudette Lauzon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442649828\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 50 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where the notion of home is more traumatizing than it is comforting, artists are using this literal and figurative space to reframe human responses to trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding on the scholarship of key art historians and theorists such as Judith Butler and Mieke Bal, Claudette Lauzon embarks upon a transnational analysis of contemporary artists who challenge the assumption that \u0026amp;#x2018;home\u0026amp;#x2019; is a stable site of belonging. Lauzon\u0026amp;#x2019;s boundary-breaking discussion of artists including Krzysztof Wodiczko, Sanitago Sierra, Doris Salcedo, and Yto Barrada posits that contemporary art offers a unique set of responses to questions of home and belonging in an increasingly unwelcoming world. From the legacies of Colombia\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u0026amp;#x2018;dirty war\u0026amp;#x2019; to migrant North African workers crossing the Mediterranean, \u003ci\u003eThe Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to the suffering of others whose overriding notion of home reveals the universality of human vulnerability and the limits of empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. An Unhomely Genealogy of Contemporary Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. The Art of Longing and Belonging\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Unhomely Archives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Biennial Culture\u0026amp;#x2019;s Reluctant Nomads\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676620615960,"sku":"9781442649828","price":40.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-unmaking-of-home-in-contemporary-art-hardback-9781442649828","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}