Stavans I Love My Selfie

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7317-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

Noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans and artist ADÁL analyze the selfie and its role in contemporary life by exploring it in the context of the history of Western self-portraiture, mythology, literature, art, and philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stavans, Ilan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Maldonado, Adál

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Einzelne Fotografen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Chillin' 1
2. The Plight of Narcissus 10
3. "Decisive Moments" 18
4. Out of Focus 28

Go F_ck Your Selfie: A Portfolio / ADÁL 39

5. Alone with Others 91
6. Rembrandt's Instamatic 98
7. Tropic Noir 113
8. And Then Comes Darkness 122

Acknowledgments 129
Index 131

Über Autor(innen)

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. A Guggenheim Fellow, he is the author, editor, and translator of numerous books, including Reclaiming Travel, also published by Duke University Press.Adál Maldonado is a visual, performance, installation, and video artist; playwright; cofounder of the first all-artist political party in Puerto Rico; the recipient of a Pollock-Krassner Fellowship; and the author of several books, including Out of Focus Nuyoricans.