... appropriation black male body fetishism homoeroticism nude ...

... This monographic study examines the oeuvre of Nigerian-British photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1956–89) in light of his posthumous Communion series. Where the artist’s choice of the black male nude as his primary subject was narrowly interpreted in terms of identity, close reading of Fani...

... of the black male nude as his primary subject was narrowly interpreted in terms of identity, close reading of Fani-Kayode’s self-description as black gay artist reworking tropes from modernist primitivism and “ancestralism” in black diaspora art reveals that his primary concern lay instead with the self...

... Chapter 7 analyzes the nude blogging and street protest of the Egyptian Aliaa Elmahdy. It argues that this activism may be read as a performance of rage against the status quo. Elmahdy brought sex to Tahrir Square on her own terms, injecting herself onto the geopolitical scene as a gendered...

... This essay interrogates the role of beauty in the visual field. Solomon-Godeau begins with a consideration of beauty as employed in art criticism, psychoanalysis, and photography. Using nineteenth-century nude photographs made by the Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden and his cousin Wilhelm Pluschow...

... In this essay, Solomon-Godeau examines two exhibitions of Robert Mapplethorpe’s work staged in Paris in 2014. Reflecting on the French press’s critical reception of the exhibitions, she draws attention to the lack of any commentary about race, which is conspicuous, as Mapplethorpe’s nudes...

..., and identify exploitation, trained on databases of stolen nudes. In this context, it showcases the ingenuity and creativity of sex workers in designing our own futures in the face of regulatory, economic, and technical environments that are not built for us—hacking, repurposing, and rejigging them to survive...

..., and art; and to estimate age, verify identity, and identify exploitation, trained on databases of stolen nudes. In this context, it showcases the ingenuity and creativity of sex workers in designing our own futures in the face of regulatory, economic, and technical environments that are not built for us...