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Self-Representation and the Contemporary Female Artist: Challenging the Narrative Through the Work of Renee Cox

Gainer, Katelyn Yvonne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155654142406468

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2019, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
This thesis explores how Renee Cox exercises her voice as a contemporary black artist in order to disrupt a narrative in popular Western photography which often diminishes the voices of women of color. Specifically, this thesis centers on Cox's use of her own body as subject in her work in Baby Back and Olympia's Boyz. In her self-portraiture, Cox presents her body so as to amplify positive imagery of the black female empowerment while deconstructing racial and gendered stereotypes. In this way, Cox reclaims self-determination and control over the black female body while subverting viewer expectations.
John-Michael Warner (Advisor)
Shana Klein (Committee Member)
Gustav Medicus (Committee Member)
53 p.
Art History
Renee Cox; photography; self-representation; oppositional gaze; bell hooks

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  • Gainer, K. Y. (2019). Self-Representation and the Contemporary Female Artist: Challenging the Narrative Through the Work of Renee Cox [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155654142406468

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gainer, Katelyn. Self-Representation and the Contemporary Female Artist: Challenging the Narrative Through the Work of Renee Cox. 2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155654142406468.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gainer, Katelyn. "Self-Representation and the Contemporary Female Artist: Challenging the Narrative Through the Work of Renee Cox." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155654142406468

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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