Embodied Avatars : : Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance / / Uri McMillan.
How black women have personified art,expression,identity, and freedom through performanceWinner, 2016 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, presented by the Modern Language Association for an outstanding scholarly study of African American literature or cultureWinner, 2016 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outs...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sexual Cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 38 black and white illustrations, 6 Illustrations, color |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Performing Objects
- 1 Mammy Memory The Curious Case of Joice Heth, the Ancient Negress
- 2 Passing Performances Ellen Craft’s Fugitive Selves
- 3 Plastic Possibilities Adrian Piper’s Adamant Self-Alienation
- 4 Is This Performance about You? The Art, Activism, and Black Feminist Critique of Howardena Pindell
- Conclusion “I’ve Been Performing My Whole Life”
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author