Fugitive testimony: on the visual logic of slave narratives
Auteur :
Neary, Janet
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823272907
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists’ use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints.