Male Bodies Unmade

Picturing Queer Selfhood

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim

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University of California Press
05 March 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Gender studies, gender groups; Gender studies: transsexuals & hermaphroditism; Gay & Lesbian studies

Male Bodies Unmade explores white men’s disunified physicality in modern and contemporary art while attending to erotic polysemy that questions the visual ethos of Occidental patriarchy. Art historian Jongwoo Jeremy Kim's approach is informed by his own status as an immigrant—a polyglot queen, drawn to extravagant fantasies of misbehaving bodies that are in truth foreign territories, colonies of misbelief. In six case studies focusing on configurations of irrational anatomy and horny self-extinction, this book celebrates the lessons and pleasures of disrupting art history’s hegemonically Western narratives.

By: Jongwoo Jeremy Kim
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 862g
ISBN: 9780520392588
ISBN 10: 0520392582
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 05 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: ME 1. Jean Cocteau: I Am Not One 2. David Hockney: The Missing Body Is in the Pool PART II: NOT ME 3. Aubrey Beardsley: The Male Body Is Absurd 4. Francis Bacon: The Flesh Marks Limits of Knowing PART III: ME . . . BITS 5. Robert Gober: Beeswax Time Machines Will Melt Conclusion Postscript (or the Hanging-On with a Safety Pin): Andrew Ahn—A K-Town Bathhouse Boy Is Me/Not Me Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim is Associate Professor of Critical Studies in Art History and Theory at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Painted Men in Britain, 1868–1918: Royal Academicians and Masculinities.

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Male Bodies Unmade

Picturing Queer Selfhood

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim

$82.95

Hardback

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