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Overview"In her radical exploration of cultural and personal identity, the writer and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sought 'the roots of language before it is born on the tip of the tongue'. Her first book, the highly original postmodern text ""Dictee"", published in 1982, is considered a classic work of autobiography and is widely read by students internationally. This stunning selection of her uncollected and hitherto unpublished work at last brings together Cha's writings and text-based pieces with images spanning the period between 1976 and 1980. The volume includes two related poem sequences, ""Exilee and Temps Morts"", major texts incorporating autobiographical elements as well as themes of language, memory, displacement, and alienation - issues that continue to resonate with artists decades after Cha explored them. These moving works give a fuller view of the creative nexus out of which ""Dictee"" emerged and attest to the singular literary achievement of a major figure in late-twentieth century art. It is co-published by Berkeley Art Museum." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha , Constance Lewallen , Constance Lewallen , Ed ParkPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.485kg ISBN: 9780520259089ISBN 10: 0520259084 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 15 September 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsCha is a thoroughly detail-oriented literary and visual artist. Her methodical work doesn't entertain or dazzle. It is open-ended in a way that requires its audience to supply part of the vision. --San Francisco Bay Guardian Beautiful --The Atlantic .Com The volume brings to light part of Cha's achievement ... Tantalizing. --Bookforum """Cha is a thoroughly detail-oriented literary and visual artist. Her methodical work doesn't entertain or dazzle. It is open-ended in a way that requires its audience to supply part of the vision.""--San Francisco Bay Guardian ""Beautiful""--The Atlantic .Com ""The volume brings to light part of Cha's achievement ... Tantalizing.""--Bookforum" Cha is a thoroughly detail-oriented literary and visual artist. Her methodical work doesn't entertain or dazzle. It is open-ended in a way that requires its audience to supply part of the vision. --San Francisco Bay Guardian Beautiful --The Atlantic .Com The volume brings to light part of Cha's achievement ... Tantalizing. --Bookforum Author InformationTheresa Hak Kyung Cha was born in 1951 in Pusan, Korea, and moved with her family to San Francisco at the age of 11. She received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and did postgraduate work in Paris. In 1982, a stranger murdered Cha in New York City, just a few days after the original publication of Dictee (reprinted by UC Press). Constance M. Lewallen is Adjunct Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Among her books are A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s and The Dream of an Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982), both from UC Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |