Beyond the Feminine - The Politics of Skin Colour and Gender in Visual Culture

In this compelling journey through visual culture, and the staging of intimate conversations with four contemporary British artists, Ope Lori questions how race and gender play out for women of different racial and skin colour complexions.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part One: The Set Up
1. The Way Things Are
In-Conversation with NT

2. Illusion
In-Conversation with Sadie Lee

Part Two: The Up-Set
3. Worry
In-Conversation with Ajamu

4. Change Around
In-Conversation with Marcia Michael

Closing Thoughts

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Ope Lori holds a post-doctoral Research Fellowship at Transnational Art Identity and Nation Research Centre, University of the Arts London, UK. A former lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts and Leeds Arts University, she is the CEO of Pre-Image Learning And Action (PILAA).

Summary

In this compelling journey through visual culture, and the staging of intimate conversations with four contemporary British artists, Ope Lori questions how race and gender play out for women of different racial and skin colour complexions.

Foreword

In this compelling journey through visual culture, and the staging of intimate conversations with four contemporary British artists, Ope Lori questions how race and gender play out for women of different racial and skin colour complexions.

Product details

• Authors: Ope Lori, Ope (University of the Arts London Lori
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781350204843
• ISBN: 978-1-350-20484-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Theory of art, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Human figures depicted in art