Overview

What explains our current obsession with selfies? In I Love My Selfie noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies as tools people use to disguise or present themselves as spontaneous and casual. This collaboration includes a portfolio of fifty autoportraits by the artist ADÁL; he and Stavans use them as a way to question the notion of the self and to engage with artists, celebrities, technology, identity, and politics. Provocative and engaging, I Love My Selfie will change the way readers think about this unavoidable phenomenon of twenty-first-century life.

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Author:   Ilan Stavans ,  Adál Maldonado
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780822363491

ISBN 10:   0822363496
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   16 May 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"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"

Reviews

Seizing that rare moment when a cultural phenomenon is invading the art world, I Love My Selfie is timely, ground breaking, and is sure to influence many. -- Julian Zugazagoitia, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Seizing that rare moment when a cultural phenomenon is invading the art world, <i>I Love My Selfie</i> is timely, ground breaking, and is sure to influence many. --Julian Zugazagoitia, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Author Information

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.

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