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.
 

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Anne Marie Butler (Editeur), Sascha Crasnow (Editeur)
• Edition: Intellect
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.10.2024
• EAN: 9781835950265
• ISBN: 978-1-83595-026-5
• Pages: 260
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 175 mm x 24 mm
• Poids: 752 g
• Illustrations: 46 Halftones, color
• Thème: Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques