Monstrosity, Performance, and Race in Contemporary Culture |
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| Author:
| Calafell, Bernadette Marie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4541-9414-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $46.70 |
Book Description:
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Through critical analyses of experiences of women of color in the academy, the media framing of alleged Aurora shooter James Holmes, the use of monstrosity in unpublished work from the Gloria Anzald#65533;a archives, post-feminist discourses and Kanye West's strategic employment of ideologies of monstrosity, this book offers new ways to think about Otherness in this contemporary moment.
Through critical analyses of experiences of women of color in the academy, the media framing of alleged Aurora shooter James Holmes, the use of monstrosity in unpublished work from the Gloria Anzald#65533;a archives, post-feminist discourses and Kanye West's strategic employment of ideologies of monstrosity, this book offers new ways to think about Otherness in this contemporary moment.