Making worlds global invention in the early modern period
Taking into account the destructive powers of globalization, Making Worlds considers the interconnectedness of the world in the early modern period. This collection examines the interdisciplinary phenomenon of making worlds, with essays from scholars of history, literary studies, theatre and perform...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
2022, ©2022
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| Series: | UCLA Clark Memorial Library series
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Taking into account the destructive powers of globalization, Making Worlds considers the interconnectedness of the world in the early modern period. This collection examines the interdisciplinary phenomenon of making worlds, with essays from scholars of history, literary studies, theatre and performance, art history, and anthropology. The volume advances questions about the history of globalization by focusing on how the expansion of global transit offered possibilities for interactions that included the testing of local identities through inventive experimentation with new and various forms of culture. Case studies show how the imposition of European economic, religious, political, and military models on other parts of the world unleashed unprecedented forces of invention as institutionalized powers came up against the creativity of peoples, cultural practices, materials, and techniques of making. In doing so, Making Worlds offers an important rethinking of how early globalization inconsistently generated ongoing dynamics of making, unmaking, and remaking worlds. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume developed out of 'Making Worlds: Art, Materiality, and Early Modern Globalization,' a series of three interdisciplinary conferences held at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018 and 2019 |
| Physical Description: | X, 498 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4875-4495-9 978-1-4875-4496-6 |