What is the Place of Empire in the History of American Art?

Overseas empire building remains a blind spot in our field due to both a specific historiographic bias—with origins dating back to an era of Cold War exceptionalism, when scholars focused on defining the “Americanness” of US art both past and present—and the longtime privileging of continental over...

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Main Author: Maggie M. Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2020-06-01
Series:Panorama
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6.1
Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/what-is-the-place-of-empire/
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spelling doaj-30771dbb4dd94659ad49e2c3b6c5b6fd2021-06-16T20:21:04ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingPanorama2471-68392020-06-0161https://doi.org/10.24926/24716839.9804What is the Place of Empire in the History of American Art?Maggie M. CaoOverseas empire building remains a blind spot in our field due to both a specific historiographic bias—with origins dating back to an era of Cold War exceptionalism, when scholars focused on defining the “Americanness” of US art both past and present—and the longtime privileging of continental over territorial concerns in American culture more broadly. https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/what-is-the-place-of-empire/ 6.1descott evansjohn haberlemaggie m. caowilliam bradford
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description Overseas empire building remains a blind spot in our field due to both a specific historiographic bias—with origins dating back to an era of Cold War exceptionalism, when scholars focused on defining the “Americanness” of US art both past and present—and the longtime privileging of continental over territorial concerns in American culture more broadly.
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