{"title":"Holly Shaffer","description":"\u003cp\u003eHolly Shaffer's work offers a compelling exploration of \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, blending insightful analysis with creative expression. Her writing delves into the ways art shapes and reflects society, inviting readers to engage with diverse forms and narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect thoughtful perspectives that illuminate the intersections of tradition and innovation in the artistic world. Shaffer's books provide a rich experience for anyone interested in cultural studies and contemporary art discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grafted-arts-by-holly-shaffer-9781913107284","title":"Grafted Arts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrafted Arts\u003c\/em\u003e conceptualises \"graft\"—the violent and creative processes of suturing arts—as a method of empire building in western eighteenth-century India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrafted Arts\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on Maratha military rulers and British East India Company officials who used the arts to engage in diplomacy, wage war, compete for prestige, and generate devotion as they allied with, or fought against, each other to control western India in the eighteenth century. This book conceptualises the artistic combinations that resulted as ones of \"graft\"—a term that acknowledges the violent and creative processes of suturing arts, and losing and gaining goods, as well as the shifting dynamics among agents who assembled such materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy tracing grafted arts from multiple perspectives—Maratha and British, artist and patron, soldier and collector—this book charts the methods of empire-building that recast artistic production and collection in western India and from there across India and in Britain. This mercenary method of artistry propagated mixed, fractured, and plundered arts. Indeed, these \"grafted arts\"—disseminated across India and Britain over the nineteenth century to aid in consolidating empire or revolting against it entirely—remain instigators of nationalist agitation today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463077708012,"sku":"9781913107284","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781913107284-grafted-arts.jpg?v=1775027953"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/holly-shaffer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}