American pietàs : visions of race, death, and the maternal
by
Tapia, Ruby C.
Title
:
American pietàs : visions of race, death, and the maternal
Author
:
Tapia, Ruby C.
ISBN
:
9780816676590
Publication Information
:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations.
Series
:
Critical American studies series
Critical American studies series.
Abstract
:
In "American Pietas," Ruby C. Tapia reveals how visual representations of racialized motherhood shape and reflect national citizenship. By means of a sustained engagement with Roland Barthes's suturing of race, death, and the maternal in "Camera Lucida," Tapia contends that the contradictory essence of the photograph is both as a signifier of death and a guarantor of resurrection. Tapia explores the implications of this argument for racialized productions of death and the maternal in the context of specific cultural moments: the commemoration of Princess Diana in U.S. magaz.
Subject Term
:
Motherhood in popular culture -- United States.
Death in popular culture -- United States.
Ethnicity -- United States.
Pietà.
Mothers in art.
Death in art.
Race in art.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 375579-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |