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Tracing Cultures Albert Chong Lewis Desoto ITO Young Kim Komar Melamid Dinh Q Lee Gavin Lee Maria Martinez-Canas Ruben Ortiz Torres Carrie Mae Weems - Points of Entry Author: Albert Chong, Calif.) Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego, Rebecca Solnit, Michael Read, Steven Jenkins Photographic images by artists of diverse cultural backgrounds further the understanding of contemporary immigration and the changing face of America in Tracing Cultures. Themes central to the emerging definitions of multiculturalism are explored by recent photography and photo-related installation art that deals with issues of origin, accult...  more »uration, adjustment, displacement, and loss within the context of contemporary American life. Participating artists acknowledge that the melting pot ideal no longer suffices to describe their personal experience of cultural dislocation. Their art directly addresses the history and politics of American immigration in a country now obsessed with and, often fearful of, the notion of multiculturalism. Artists represented include Albert Chong, Lewis deSoto, Shigeki Ito, Young Kim, Komar and Melamid, Dinh Q. Le, Gavin Lee, María Martnez-Cañas, Ruben Ortíz-Torres, Carrie Mae Weems, and Kim Yasuda.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780933286696 ISBN-10: 0933286694 Pages: 96 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Friends of Photography Bookstore Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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