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100 1 a| McMillan, Urie| author.=| ^A1322312;

245 10 a| Embodied avatars :b| genealogies of black feminist art and performance /c| Uri McMillan.;

264 1 a| New York :b| New York University Press,c| [2015];

300 a| xx, 283 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Sexual cultures;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-282) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Performing objects -- Mammy memory : the curious case of Joice Heth, the ancient Negress -- Passing performances : Ellen Craft's fugitive selves -- Plastic possibilities : Adrian Piper's adamant self-alienation -- Is this performance about you? : the art, activism, and Black feminist critique of Howardena Pindell -- Conclusion: 'I've been performing my whole life'.;

520 a| "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."c| Back cover.;

650 0 a| Performance artz| United States.=| ^A181265;

650 0 a| African American women performance artists.=| ^A1326594;

650 0 a| Feminism in art.=| ^A136039;

650 0 a| Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.=| ^A781807;

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Embodied avatars : genealogies of black feminist art and performance / Uri McMillan.

Author/creator	McMillan, Uri author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Description	xx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Performance art--United States. African American women performance artists. Feminism in art. Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.

Series	Sexual cultures Sexual cultures. ^A414743
Contents	Introduction: Performing objects -- Mammy memory : the curious case of Joice Heth, the ancient Negress -- Passing performances : Ellen Craft's fugitive selves -- Plastic possibilities : Adrian Piper's adamant self-alienation -- Is this performance about you? : the art, activism, and Black feminist critique of Howardena Pindell -- Conclusion: 'I've been performing my whole life'.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-282) and index.
LCCN	2015014811
ISBN	9781479802111 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN	1479802115 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781479852475 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN	1479852473 (pb : alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40025304965

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