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In & out of place : Mexico/performance/writing / Gabrielle Civil.
Van Pelt Library NX512.C57 A2 2024b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Civil, Gabrielle, author.
- Series:
- Innovative prose
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Civil, Gabrielle--Travel--Mexico.
- Civil, Gabrielle.
- Civil, Gabrielle--Diaries.
- African American women performance artists--Mexico.
- African American women performance artists.
- Performance art--Mexico.
- Performance art.
- Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.
- Feminism in art.
- Mexico--Description and travel.
- Mexico.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- autobiographies (literary works)
- artists' books (books)
- Diaries
- Autobiographies.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Diaries.
- Artists' books.
- Physical Description:
- 281 pages ; color illustrations 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- In and out of place
- Place of Publication:
- Huntsville, Texas : TRP: The University Press of SHSU, [2024]
- Language Note:
- Text in English with portions in Spanish.
- Summary:
- "What does it mean to be in a place and out of place at the same time? Gabrielle Civil explores this question by making black feminist performance art in Mexico. She asks unsuspecting Mexicans if they have good hair, visits legendary black expatriate artist Elizabeth Catlett, celebrates Obama's first election with mariachis, embarks on love affairs, dresses up as a Mexican doll, and christens herself with Negrita rum. Archiving her 2008-2009 Fulbright fellowship project, In and Out of Place combines diary entries, images, performance texts, critical commentary, and current reflections. Civil explores-and expands-the parameters of her own body, artistic process, heritage, and culture. She retraces-and activates-her trajectory as a black woman artist in the world"--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Initiation : (¿de dónde eres?)
- Outrage : (me enojo contigo)
- Interfaces : (MLK & Obama)
- Detour : (candy and ice)
- Insights : (estaba buscando)
- Outlook : (¡viva viva!)
- Tracery : (nos vemos).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Civil, Gabrielle. In and out of place
- ISBN:
- 1680032798
- 9781680032796
- OCLC:
- 1322809988
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