For pleasure: race, experimentalism, and aesthetics
Auteur :
Carroll, Rachel Jane
Éditeur :
New York University Press
ISBN :
9781479826735
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
431 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Proposes that experimental aesthetics shaped race in the twentieth-century United States by creating transformative scenes of pleasure. Carroll explains how aesthetic pleasure is fundamental to the production and circulation of racial meaning in the United States through a study of experimental work by authors and artists of color.