{"product_id":"9781684480678-beyond-human","title":"Beyond Human","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVital Materialisms in the Andean Avant-Gardes\u003cbr\u003eRevises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting fresh readings of canonical authors and through analysis of newer artist-activists, Daly argues that avant-gardes complicate questions of agency and contribute to theoretical discussions on vital materialisms.\u003cbr\u003eIn the Andes, indigenous knowledge systems based on the relationships between different beings, both earthly and heavenly, animal and plant, have been central to the organization of knowledge since precolonial times. The legacies of colonialism and the continuance of indigenous cultures make the Andes a unique place from which to think about art and social change as ongoing, and as encompassing more than an exclusively human perspective. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Human\u003c\/i\u003e revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting fresh readings of canonical authors like César Vallejo, José María Arguedas, and Magda Portal, and through analysis of newer artist-activists like Julieta Paredes, \u003ci\u003eMujeres Creando Comunidad\u003c\/i\u003e, and Alejandra Dorado, Daly argues instead that avant-gardes complicate questions of agency and contribute to theoretical discussions on vital materialisms: the idea that life happens between animate and inanimate beings—human and non-human—and is made sensible through art.\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41139795722337,"sku":"9781684480678","price":28.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27614473.jpg?v=1730224624","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781684480678-beyond-human","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}