Second Skin

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Informação do Produto

ISBN9780197748381
AutoresAnne Anlin Cheng
EditoraOxford University Press Inc
FormatoCapa dura
Número de páginas216
Peso (kg)0,370
Data de Publicação22/02/2024
Preço (iva excl.)€ 36,70
Imposto€ 2,20
Preço (iva inc.)€ 38,90
Disponibilidade2 unidades em armazém externo

Descrição do Produto

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker''s famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and aesthetic debates about, and desire for, ''pure surface'' that crystallized at the convergence of modern art, architecture, machinery, and philosophy. Through Cheng''s analysis, Baker emerges as a central artist whose work engages with and impacts various modes of modernist display such as film, photography, art, and even the modern house.