Yinka Shonibare, MBE and Sartorial Parody: Costuming as Subversive Practice
Yinka Shonibare, a British artist from Nigerian origins, is heir to the tradition of masquerading and, like many postmodern and postcolonial artists, uses clothing and costuming as a means to probe identity construction. By revisiting European masterpieces or parodying academic painting he underscor...
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/3401 |