Prissy’s Quittin’ Time: The Black Camp Aesthetics of Kara Walker

Through a close reading of Walker’s first silhouette instalment-the audaciously titled Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart (1994)-this article examines how Walker utilises black camp to undermine both white supremacist...

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Main Author: Stephens Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-12-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0059