"This volume of essays draws most of its material from an international conference titled 'Elective Affinities, Constitutive Differences: Contemporary Art in Asia,' jointly organized in March 2007 by the School of Arts and Aesthetics (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy (JNU), and The Biannale Society (TBS), New Dehli." - p. [xv]. Includes bibliographical references and index.