Queer Contemporary Art of Southwest Asia North Africa

New perspectives on queer visual culture in the SWANA region.

With contributions from scholars and artists, this volume demonstrates that queer visual culture in Southwest Asia and the North Africa region is entering an era of exciting growth in its versatility and consciousness. The volume focuses on artworks produced in the contemporary era while recognizing historical and contextual connections to Islamic art and culture within localities and regions from the pre-modern and modern eras.

About the author

Anne Marie Butler is assistant professor of art history and women, gender, and sexuality at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Sascha Crasnow is a lecturer of Islamic arts in the Residential College at the University of Michigan.

Summary

Presents new perspectives on queer visual culture in the Southwest Asia North Africa region from artists and scholars. The volume focuses on artworks produced in the contemporary era while recognizing historical and contextual connections to regional and Islamic art and culture. 48 b&w illus.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anne Marie Butler (Editor), Sascha Crasnow (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2024
• EAN: 9781835950265
• ISBN: 978-1-83595-026-5
• Illustrations: 46 col figures, Raster, farbig
• Series: Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Middle Eastern, Middle East, History of Art, Art techniques & principles, Sociology: sexual relations, North Africa, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, ART / LGBTQ+ Artists, Arab world / Arab League