Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century.
Anne Cheng Book order
Anne Anlin Cheng is a distinguished scholar whose work delves into the complexities of twentieth-century literature and visual culture. Her interdisciplinary approach, rooted in comparative race studies, aesthetic theory, and psychoanalytic thought, offers profound insights into literary criticism, film, and gender studies. Cheng's expertise illuminates the intricate connections between race, aesthetics, and the human psyche, inviting readers to explore profound questions about representation and identity.
- 2024
- 2024
Lina, Chloe and Abeo are baffled by the mysterious appearance of a shiny silver cube. What can the silver cube do? Will the three friends uncover its secrets?Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y4/P5 at Oxford Reading Level 14 to read without support.
- 2019
Ornamentalism
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Ornamentalism offers one of the first sustained and original theories of Asiatic femininity. Examining ornamentality, in lieu of Orientalism, as a way to understand the representation, circulation, and ontology of Asiatic femininity, this study extends our vocabulary about the woman of color beyond the usual platitudes about objectification.