Adrian Piper: Race, Gender, and Embodiment

by John P. Bowles

Book Overview

In 1972 the artist Adrian Piper began periodically dressing as a persona called the Mythic Being, striding the streets of New York in a mustache, Afro wig, and mirrored sunglasses with a cigar in the corner of her mouth. Her Mythic Being performances critically engaged with popular representations of race, gender, sexuality, and class; they challenged viewers to accept personal responsibility for xenophobia and discrimination and the conditions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349205
• ISBN13: 9780822349204
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"