Brooklyn College Library LibGuides Home: ARTD 3089: Women in Modern Art: Unit 3

About Unit 3: The Masquerade--Performance Construction of Identity

We will read major theoretical texts from Joan Riviere to Judith Butler’s essay on drag. We will apply these ideas to a variety of artists including Cindy Sherman, Niki Lee and Adrien Piper.

Reading: Unit 3

Excerpts from Womanliness as a Masquerade by Joan Riviere
Call Number: Baruch College WM 465 Hug/r 1991
ISBN: 9781849401111
Riviere, Joan. “‘Womanliness as a Masquerade’, 1929.” In The Inner World and Joan Riviere: Collected Papers 1929 - 1958, edited by Athol Hughes, 89–101. London: Routledge, 1991.
Judith Butler. “Imitation and Gender Subordination.” In Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader by Judith Butler, Henry Abelove (Editor); Michèle Aina Barale (Editor); David M. Halperin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415905190
Judith Butler. “Imitation and Gender Subordination.” In The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, edited by Henry Abelove, Michèle Aina Barale, and Halperin, David M, 1993. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1039298.

Cherise Smith, Excerpts: Enacting Others
Smith, Cherise. Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith. Enacting Others. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013.

Powerpoint: Unit 3

ART 3089 PPT UNIT 3
Image: Nikki S. Lee, The Hip Hop Project (1), 2001. Digital C-print. 30 × 40 in; 76.2 × 101.6 cm. Edition of 5 + 3AP