Sunday, April 3, 2011

Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface



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What does a black burlesque star have to do with some of the most enduring and passionate ideas in modern aesthetic theory? The spectacular Josephine Baker emerges in this fascinating untold story as a principal figure in the drama behind the making of Euro-American Modernism. Instead of seeing her nude performances as a Primitivist given, Cheng argues that Baker's famous skin was central to the debates about and desire for "pure surface" that crystallized at the co... More >>

Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface

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