Performance, Art, and Politics in the African Diaspora

"This book examines necropolitics and performance art, with a particular focus on the black body and the African diaspora. In the book, Myron Beasley situates artists as cultural workers and theorists who illuminate the political linkages between their own and others' specific locales. The focus is an interrogation of the political systems that dictate and determine the value of lives (and decide which lives matter) through a lens of performance and art. Beasley highlights how the performances of rupture, which are of artistic, and historical significance, reveal both strategies of survival and promises of possibility. Artists and curators examined include Jelili Atiku, Giscard Bouchotte, Nona Faustine, Vanessa German, Simone Leigh, Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Ebony Patterson, and Dianne Smith. The volume is an ideal research and reference book for students and scholars of Contemporary Art, African Studies, and Performance Theory"--

Product details

• Authors: Myron
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032417707
• ISBN: 978-1-032-41770-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 150 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; USA, Ethnic Studies, Latin America, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, ART / History / General, Social & cultural history, ART / Criticism & Theory, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), ART / Performance, ART / Conceptual, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Caribbean islands, Developing Countries, History of Art, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social impact of disasters, African History, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Performance Art, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Development economics and emerging economies, Black & Asian Studies, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, HISTORY / African American & Black, ART / American / African American & Black, Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism, The arts: general topics, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Global South / Developing countries