Third Text

Jimmie Durham

This anthology of writings by one of the most controversial figures in contemporary culture, ranges from his appeal to the American Indian nations for strength and unity of purpose in combating the corrosive effects of colonialism, to his acerbic critiques of Western culture and its redemptive myths of the ‘Other’. For Durham, Art and its institutions are not separable from political realities; the West’s representations of ethnic and cultural authenticity, its constructions of primitivism and aesthetic value are intimately bound to the discourse of colonialism and racism. The author’s keen understanding of historical process and witty subversions of Western thought challenge any complacent attitudes we may harbour on ‘multiculturalism’ and offer a model on how we might think and act differently about the world.

256 pp with 18 b&w illus
ISBN 0 947753 03 6 Hardback 
ISBN 0 947753 04 4 Paperback