Shaw Seeing the Unspeakable

The Art of Kara Walker
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8620-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

The first book analyzing the artistic production and critical reception of Kara Walker, a young African-American artist whose controversial work deals with unsettling themes of racism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. Tracing Race and Representation 11

2. The “Rememory” of Slavery 37

3. The Lactation of John Brown 67

4. Censorship and Reception 103

5. Final Cut 125

Conclusion 153

Notes 157

Index 187

Über Autor(innen)

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her website provides more information about the author.