Flora Fantastic

From Orchidelirium to Ecocritical Contemporary Art

Corina Apostol, Tashima Thomas

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Routledge
02 September 2024

History of Art & Design Styles; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Agriculture & related industries; Botany & plant sciences

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book delves deep into colonial botany, utilizing mediums such as historical investigation, cinema, photography, live performance, and installation art.

Surveying perspectives from Europe, the U.S., Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, it positions plants—both native and foreign—as active participants and silent observers in colonial narratives. By viewing through the prism of visual and performance art, this book touches on diverse topics like the economic value of plants, traditional and Western medicine, state‑endorsed scientific endeavors, migration patterns of flora and people, bio‑contact areas, nationalistic views, and botanical diplomacy. It offers fresh insights into colonial botany’s multifaceted history, emphasizing the intricate interplay between Eastern, Western, and Southern nations during the twentieth century and its enduring impact today.

Serving as an invaluable addition to the realms of art history, performance studies, botany, visual culture, decolonial initiatives, and environmental politics, this book arrives at a pivotal moment when its insights are most crucial.

Edited by: Corina Apostol, Tashima Thomas
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781032146935
ISBN 10: 1032146931
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 02 September 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Corina L. Apostol is an art historian, curator and writer specializing in socially engaged art and visual culture. She currently serves as assistant professor of social practice in contemporary art and culture at the University of Amsterdam. Tashima Thomas is an art historian, gastronome, curator, and cultural critic specializing in the art of the African Diaspora in the Americas. She currently serves as assistant professor of Art History at Southern Methodist University in the Meadows School of the Arts.