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