Abject Performances: Aesthetic Strategies in Latino Cultural Production

by Leticia Alvarado

Book Overview

In Abject Performances Leticia Alvarado draws out the irreverent, disruptive aesthetic strategies used by Latino artists and cultural producers who shun standards of respectability that are typically used to conjure concrete minority identities. In place of works imbued with pride, redemption, or celebration, artists such as Ana Mendieta, Nao Bustamante, and the Chicano art collective known as Asco employ negative affects--shame, disgust, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822370786
• ISBN13: 9780822370789
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"