Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography (Cultural Spaces) - Hardcover

Sarah Brophy; Janice Hladki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442646608 ISBN 13: 9781442646605

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2014

Synopsis

From reality television to film, performance, and video art, autobiography is everywhere in today's image-obsessed age. With contributions by both artists and scholars, Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography is a unique examination of visual autobiography's involvement in the global cultural politics of health, disability, and the body. This provocative collection looks at images of selfhood and embodiment in a variety of media and with a particular focus on bodily identities and practices that challenge the norm: a pregnant man in cyberspace, a fat activist performance troupe, indigenous artists intervening in museums, transnational selves who connect disability to war, and many more. The chapters in Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography reflect several different theoretical approaches but share a common concern with the ways in which visual culture can generate resistance, critique, and creative interventions. With contributions that investigate digital media, installation art, graphic memoir, performance, film, reality television, photography, and video art, the collection offers a wide-ranging critical account of what is clearly becoming one of the most important issues in contemporary culture.

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About the Author

Sarah Brophy is an associate professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Janice Hladki is an associate professor of Theatre and Film Studies in the School of the Arts at McMaster University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442646608
• ISBN 13: 9781442646605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Sarah Brophy, Janice Hladki