Bilder der Alteritat – Alteritat der Bilder: Zum transkulturellen Potenzial von Bildern in Ubersetzungsprozessen zwischen Neuspanien und Europa im 16. Jahrhundert

Julia Kloss-Weber examines how mural paintings, sculptures, picture writings, and body images from 16th-century Mexico address alterity, creating identity-creating otherness. She explores the form of alterity assigned to images as fields of tension within an iconic difference, bringing together postcolonial studies and image theory. Images mediate between cultures and are themselves the subject of transcultural negotiations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 489 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2024
Publisher: De Gruyter

This study delves into the rich artistic heritage of th-century Mexico, encompassing mural paintings, sculptures, picture writings, and body images. Julia Kloss-Weber examines the extent to which these images produced during the New Spain mission address alterity, or identity-creating otherness. At the same time, she explores the form of alterity assigned to images as fields of tension within an iconic difference, as proposed by Gottfried Boehm. This study brings together two distinct areas of discourse that have evolved separately: reflections on constructions of the other in the context of postcolonial studies and debates on image theory. Through her analysis, Kloss-Weber reveals that images not only serve as a means of communication between cultures but also become the subject of transcultural negotiations themselves.

Weight: 1334g
Dimension: 181 x 246 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783111294285