Troubling Vision - Performance, Visuality, and Blackness

Informationen zum Autor Nicole R. Fleetwood is assistant professor of American studies at Rutgers University and an art consultant who has worked with numerous museums and art institutions. Klappentext Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art! documentary photography! theater and performance! fashion advertising! and celebrity culture. Zusammenfassung Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art! documentary photography! theater and performance! fashion advertising! and celebrity culture.

Product details

• Authors: Nicole R. Fleetwood, FLEETWOOD NICOLE R, Fleetwood Nicole R.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2011
• EAN: 9780226253022
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25302-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; USA, Ethnic Studies, Africa, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies