{"product_id":"seeing-the-unspeakable-9780822333968","title":"Seeing the Unspeakable","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book analyzing the artistic production and critical reception of Kara Walker, a young African-American artist whose controversial work deals with unsettling themes of racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSeeing the Unspeakable \u003c\/i\u003eis an extremely important work. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is the first writer to place this controversial young artist’s work firmly in an art historical perspective. She combines careful scrutiny of the art’s formal traits with wide-ranging iconographic analysis, canny theoretical interpretation, and a revelatory examination of the work’s critical reception. The result is an extraordinary piece of scholarship.”—\u003cb\u003eJudith Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, University of California, Irvine\u003cbr\u003e“It is not easy to write a scholarly work on a living artist whose talent for generating controversy at times obscures her formidable creative talent. However, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw has done it, with remarkable intelligence and style. She brilliantly contextualizes Kara Walker’s work in terms of art history and African American history in a book that will be of tremendous value to scholars across many disciplines.”—\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates Jr\u003c\/b\u003e., Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tracing Race and Representation 11\u003cbr\u003e 2. The “Rememory” of Slavery 37\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Lactation of John Brown 67\u003cbr\u003e 4. Censorship and Reception 103\u003cbr\u003e 5. Final Cut 125\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 153\u003cbr\u003e Notes 157\u003cbr\u003e Index 187","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406036509015,"sku":"9780822333968","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822333968.jpg?v=1730494323","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeing-the-unspeakable-9780822333968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}