Embodied Avatars

Embodied Avatars
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781479802111
ISBN-13 : 1479802115
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Book Synopsis Embodied Avatars by : Uri McMillan

Download or read book Embodied Avatars written by Uri McMillan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tracing a dynamic genealogy of performance from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, McMillian contends that black women artists practiced a purposeful self-objectification, transforming themselves into art objects. In doing so, these artists raised new ways to ponder the intersections of art, performance, and black female embodiment."--Back cover.


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