Where Is Ana Mendieta?: Identity, Performativity, and Exile

by Jane Blocker

Book Overview

Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-born artist who lived in exile in the United States, was one of the most provocative and complex personalities of the 1970s' artworld. In Where Is Ana Mendieta? art historian Jane Blocker provides an in-depth critical analysis of Mendieta's diverse body of work. Although her untimely death in 1985 remains shrouded in controversy, her life and artistic legacy provide a unique vantage point from which to consider the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822323249
• ISBN13: 9780822323242
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 9.3"