Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad

by Mariana Ortega

In Carnalities, Mariana Ortega presents a phenomenological study of aesthetics grounded in the work of primarily Latinx artists. She introduces the idea of carnal aesthetics informed by carnalities, creative practices shaped by the self's affective attunement to the material, cultural, historical, communal, and spiritual. For Ortega, carnal aesthetics offers a way to think about the affective and bodily experiences of racialized selves. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478028165
• ISBN13: 9781478028161
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.