{"title":"Rebecca Peabody","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Peabody\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the interplay between narrative and society, inviting readers to consider how stories shape cultural understanding. Her work delves deeply into the arts and culture realm, blending critical analysis with vivid storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough reflective and thought-provoking prose, Peabody challenges conventional perspectives, encouraging a nuanced appreciation of literature's role within contemporary cultural landscapes. Her writing is essential for those interested in the dynamic relationship between stories and social experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"consuming-stories-by-rebecca-peabody-9780520383333","title":"Consuming Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConsuming Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Peabody uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of popular storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on a few key pieces that range from a wall-size installation to a reworked photocopy in an artist’s book, and from a theatre curtain to a monumental sculpture, Peabody explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker’s production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsuming Stories\u003c\/i\u003e considers Walker’s sustained visual engagement with literary genres such as the romance novel, the neo-slave narrative, and the fairy tale, as well as with internationally known stories including \u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e. Walker’s interruption of these familiar works, along with her generative use of the familiar in unexpected and destabilising ways, reveals the extent to which genre-based narrative conventions depend on specific representations of race, especially when aligned with power and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBreaking these implicit rules makes them visible—and, in turn, highlights viewers’ reliance on them for narrative legibility. As this study reveals, Walker’s engagement with narrative continues beyond her early silhouette work as she moves into media such as film, video, and sculpture. Peabody also shows how Walker uses her tools and strategies to unsettle cultural histories abroad when she works outside the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories, Peabody reminds us, not only change the way people remember history but also shape the entertainment industry. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eConsuming Stories\u003c\/i\u003e shifts the critical conversation away from the visual legacy of historical racism toward the present-day role of the entertainment industry—and its consumers—in processes of racialisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470328938732,"sku":"9780520383333","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520383333-consuming-stories.jpg?v=1775216429"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rebecca-peabody.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}