Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Seeing the Unspeakable

The Art of Kara Walker

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Produktbeschreibung

""Seeing the Unspeakable "is an extremely important work. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is the first writer to place this controversial young artist's work firmly in an art historical perspective. She combines careful scrutiny of the art's formal traits with wide-ranging iconographic analysis, canny theoretical interpretation, and a revelatory examination of the work's critical reception. The result is an extraordinary piece of scholarship."--Judith Wilson, University of California, Irvine

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 172mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780822333616
• ISBN-10: 0822333619
• Artikelnr.: 21202929

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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