Selfie aesthetics : seeing trans feminist futures in self-representational art / Nicole Erin Morse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Nicole Erin, 1987- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Selfies (Photography)--Social aspects.

Selfies (Photography).

Portrait photography--Social aspects.

Portrait photography.

Portrait photography--Political aspects.

Self-presentation in art.

Trans people in art.

Trans artists.

Trans women.

Feminism in art.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 179 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

"In Selfie Aesthetics, Nicole Erin Morse argues that selfies, and selfies by trans feminine creators specifically, interpellate viewers in politically committed encounters. Morse's close readings of individual selfies uncover complex formal strategies that belie the sense that these are artless or disposable media. Rather than narcissistic or frivolous, selfie creators are artists in political networks who present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance. Focusing on four formal strategies-doubling, seriality, collaborative improvisation, and nonlinear temporalities-Selfie Aesthetics shows not only the art of the polysemic form, but also the materialities of trans life that selfies convey. Tracing these strategies in selfies and self-representational art by artists including Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, Selfie Aesthetics demonstrates the aesthetic depth and political utility of selfie creation, distribution, and reception. Contributing to trans feminist political analysis, Selfie Aesthetics shows how digital self-representational art can nuance key insights of queer theory, expand our understanding of self-representation, and construct collective and collaborative modes of being"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Doubling

Gender performatives and selfie improvisatives

Visibility politics and selfie seriality

Selfie time(lines)

Trans feminist futures.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Morse, Nicole Erin, 1987- Selfie aesthetics.

ISBN:

9781478022756

1478022752

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.