Teaching South and Southeast Asian Art : Multiethnicity, Cross-Racial Interaction, and Nationalism

This volume challenges existing notions of what is “Indian,” “Southeast Asian,” and/or “South Asian” art to help educators present a more contextualized understanding of art in a globalized world. In doing so, it (re)examines how South or Southeast Asian art is being made, exhibited, circulated and experienced in new ways in the United States or in regions under its cultural hegemony. The essays presented in this book examine both historical and contemporary transformations or lived experiences of monuments and regional styles (sites) from South or Southeast Asian art in art making, subsequent usage, and exhibition-making under the rubric of “Indian,” “South Asian,” “or “Southeast Asian” Art. Acknowledgments Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction: Unity and Multiculturalism: Pedagogical Context for South and Southeast Asian Art Part I: Spirituality and Religiosity in Art Making Chapter 2: Many Lives of Ancient Khmer Sculpture: From the Pre-Angkorian Period to Contemporary Cambodia Contexts, Past to Present Khmer Sculpture as Art Collecting Ancient Khmer Sculpture Tragic Loss and Partial Recovery: Homecoming of the Gods Chapter 3: Beyond the Buddha Image: Buddhist Textiles in Mainland Southeast Asia Southeast Asian Buddhist Practice and Religious Contexts for Buddhist Textiles Tung/thung3 Hol Pidan Shwe Chi Doe Expanding Surveys of Buddhist Art Inclusiveness in Approaches to Southeast Asian Art Conclusion Chapter 4: Locating Filipino Art in U.S. Museums: The Enduring Legacy of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition No, I Have Never Eaten Dog Meat... Teaching a Survey on the Arts of Southeast Asia The Philippines in American World’s Fairs Studying Racist Imagery in a time of Anti-Asian Sentiments Locating Filipino Art in the Museum Conclusion Chapter 5: Spirituality and Modern Art in India and the Himalayas: Neo-Tantra, Tibet, and the Goddess Neo-Tantra, 1960s–1980s: Constructing a Movement Gonkar Gyatso & the Tibetan Diaspora Painting the Goddess: Durga and Kali in Modern Indian Art Part II: Politics of Public Art: Communities of Negotiation Chapter 6: Teaching Borobudur (ca. 790–850) as a Living Monument Śiva at Borobudur How Is Borobudur Taught? Peaceful Coexistence of Buddhism and Hinduism Understanding Syncretism in Ancient Indonesia Borobudur as a Living Monument Chapter 7: A Tale of Two Temples: The Rajarajeshvara Temple, Tamil Nadu (c. 1010) and the Sri Ganesha Temple in Nashville, TN (1990) Introduction The Rajarajeshvara Temple (1010 CE) in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu The Sri Ganesha Temple (1990) in Nashville, TN Epilogue: The Politics of Belonging Chapter 8: Negotiating the “Living” with the Historical: Teaching the Two Views of the Hindu Temple Introduction Two Ways of Seeing Hindu Forms The Two Trajectories of Narrating and Preserving the Past Spatial Negotiations of the Two Views at Srirangam Conclusion: The Insider-Outsider Views of the Hindu Temple Part III: Contested Cultural Identity: Building National Heritage Chapter 9: Gandhara Revisited: From Pamir to Uighur Positioning Gandhara in South Asian Art Contested Cultural Identity Building National Identity: Countries in Central Asia Chapter 10: Mughal Matters, or Making the Mughals Matter Presentism and Personalization in History Why Mughals Matter Chapter 11: Telling Stories Through Art: Remapping, Retelling, and Reconstructing Histories Untold Stories of South Vietnamese Refugees Learning from South Vietnam-Born Contemporary Artists Remapping Histories13: Personal and Collective Stories Retelling Histories: Conflicted Social and Historical Memories Reconstructing Histories: Dislocation, Displacement, and Discrepancy Incorporating Stories of South Vietnamese People in Art Education Artmaking: Interweaving Histories and Stories Part IV: Dissemination and Accessibility in Digital Ages Chapter 12: From Horse-Drawn Carriages to Internet Searches: How Teaching the Art of India Has Changed in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 13: Who Speaks for South and Southeast Asian Art? The Bamiyan Buddhas The Experts in the Classroom The Popular Media The art Museum Conclusion Selected Bibliography for Further Readings1 Popular Surveys of South and Southeast Asian Art Notable Exhibition Catalogs of South and Southeast Asian Art Modern and Contemporary Periods of South and Southeast Asian Art Major Themes of South Asian Art Religion Buddhist and Hindu Art (ca. 300 BCE–1700 CE) in South Asia Islamic Art and Architecture in South Asia Rajasthani and Pahari Kingdoms (ca. 1700–1900) Colonial Art and Architecture in South Asia Major Themes of Southeast Asian Art General Mainland Southeast Asia Insular Southeast Asia Index