The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance
By (Author) Sarita Echavez See
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
21st January 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
700.899921073
Physical Properties
Paperback
232
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 15mm
Description
From the late 1980s to the present, artists of Filipino descent in the United States have produced a challenging and creative movement. In The Decolonized Eye, Sarita Echavez See shows how these artists have engaged with the complex aftermath of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines.
Focusing on artists working in New York and California, See examines the overlapping artistic and aesthetic practices and concerns of filmmaker Angel Shaw, painter Manuel Ocampo, installation artist Paul Pfeiffer, comedian Rex Navarrete, performance artist Nicky Paraiso, and sculptor Reanne Estrada to explain the reasons for their strangely shadowy presence in American culture and scholarship. Offering an interpretation of their creations that accounts for their queer, decolonizing strategies of camp, mimesis, and humor, See reveals the conditions of possibility that constitute this contemporary archive.
By analyzing art, performance, and visual culture, The Decolonized Eye illuminates the unexpected consequences of America's amnesia over its imperial history.
Author Bio
Sarita Echavez See is associate professor of Asian/Pacific Islander American studies at the University of Michigan.
