The Bodies That Were Not Ours

by Coco Fusco

Interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco is one of North America's leading interpreters of intercultural theory and practice. This volume gathers together her finest writings since 1995 and includes critical essays by Jean Fisher and Caroline Vercoe that interpret her work.
Engaging and provocative, these essays, interviews, performance scripts and fotonovelas take readers on a tour of our current multicultural landscape. Fusco explores such issues as sex tourism in Cuba as a barometer of the island's entry into the global economy, Frantz Fanon's theorization of metropolitan blackness, and artistic and net activist responses to the effects of free trade on the Mexican populace. She interviews such postcolonial personnae as Isaac Julien, Hilton Als and Tracey Moffatt. Approaching the dynamics of cultural fusion from many angles, Fusco's satires, commentaries, and sociological inquiries collapse boundaries, and form a sustained meditation on how the forces of globalization impact upon the making of art.

Genres: Art

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Mars · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing collection of a lot of different types of work on performance art, the body, the otherness of a lot of subgroups and collective identities, as well as a lot of personal and academic writing on the topics presented. Absolutely amazing and insightful. Essential for anyone interested in identity within performance art, especially Latin American art.

Moving and personal while still so interesting and informative, wow wow wow I can’t say enough good things about this collection.

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Examples of powerful performance art.

[Liz Thumb · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of interesting information from artists of many different backgrounds.