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- Title
Whiteness and Masculinity in Richard Lou's ReCovering Memphis: ReContexting Bodies.
- Authors
STOKES-CASEY, JODY
- Abstract
In 2016, racist, patriarchal rhetoric dominated the political landscape of the United States. As a response, activist artist Richard Lou of Memphis, Tennessee created a video piece as part of his series ReCovering Memphis titled ReContexting Bodies. In the artwork, Lou performs whiteness by re-creating photographs and reciting words of historic Civil War leaders Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest and President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. With his racialized body, Lou confronts the foundations of white supremacy in the United States American South. ReContexting Bodies examines how two historic identities of southern masculinity shape contemporary biases.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LOU, Richard; RACE in art; MASCULINITY in art; RACIAL identity of white people; FORREST, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; DAVIS, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Publication
Journal of American Studies, 2020, Vol 54, Issue 2, p407
- ISSN
0021-8758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021875818001470