Research Catalog
African somaesthetics : cultures, feminisms, politics
- Title
- African somaesthetics : cultures, feminisms, politics / edited by Catherine F. Botha.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-7260 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Botha, Catherine F.
- Description
- xi, 231 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This addresses the problematic issue of the divisions and exclusions within the sphere of art and culture in South Africa. It does so by interpreting recent activist practices of cultural contestation, with a focus on interventions in 2014 by the Tokolos Stencil Collective - an anonymous activist grouping operative in Cape Town mainly - within the art exhibition "Plakkers" and the cultural event "Open City", in which Tokolos's social, political and urban activism intersects with issues of exclusion in the artistic and cultural realm. The article first analyses the specific activist means and strategies deployed here, such as the use of human excreta, obscene language and imagery, and a highly partisan posture"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in somaesthetics, 2451-8646 ; volume 3
- Uniform Title
- Studies in somaesthetics ; v. 3.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7260
- ISBN
- 9789004442955
- 9004442952
- LCCN
- 2020041298
- 40030301624
- OCLC
- 1200832203
- Title
- African somaesthetics : cultures, feminisms, politics / edited by Catherine F. Botha.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in somaesthetics, 2451-8646 ; volume 3Studies in somaesthetics ; v. 3.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- Botha, Catherine F., editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: African somaesthetics. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020 9789004442962 (DLC) 2020041299
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030301624
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7260