Welcome to Art 126 Introduction to Contemporary Theory: Spring 2022

Hello everyone,

Given the recent untimely death of bell hooks, our class will be devoted to her scholarship.

Here is the 5 required books that we will be using are available from the Available from the Campus Bookstore, the publishers and Amazon. Please note that I have placed these books on reserve at the library, but some of them are being recalled and it could take a while for them to be available.

1) Author: bell hooks

Title: Art on My Mind: Visual Politics

ISBN-10: 1565842634

ISBN-13: 978-1565842632

Publisher: The New Press

Date: July 1, 1995

Publisher: https://thenewpress.com/books/art-on-my-mind

Cost: $16.49 Amazon

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Art-My-Mind-Visual-Politics/dp/1565842634/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9781565842632&qid=1643652790&sr=8-1

2) Author: bell hooks

Title: Black Looks: Race and Representation

ISBN-10: 1138821551

ISBN-13: 978-1138821552

Publisher: Routledge (2nd Edition)

Date:October 29, 2014

Publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Black-Looks-Race-and-Representation/hooks/p/book/9781138821552

Cost: $29.19 Amazon

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Looks-Representation-bell-hooks/dp/1138821551/ref=sr_1_22?crid=205WN7692YMK0&keywords=Bell+Hooks&qid=1643652995&s=books&sprefix=bell+hooks%2Cstripbooks%2C386&sr=1-22

3) Author: bell hooks

Title: Reel to Real: Race, Class and Sex at the Movies

ISBN: 9780415964807

Publisher: Routledge (1st Edition)

Date: September 11, 2008

Publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Reel-to-Real-Race-class-and-sex-at-the-movies/hooks/p/book/9780415964807

Cost: $22.95 Amazon

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reel-Real-Movies-Routledge-Classics/dp/0415964806/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=Bell+Hooks&qid=1643653470&s=books&sr=1-28

4) Author: bell hooks
Title: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

ISBN-10: 0415908086

ISBN-13: ‎978-0415908085

Publisher: Routledge
Date: September 12, 1994
Publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-to-Transgress-Education-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom/hooks/p/book/9780415908085

Cost: $18.99-$25.84 Amazon
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Transgress-Education-Practice-Translation/dp/0415908086/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Bell+Hooks&qid=1643653470&s=books&sr=1-4

5) Author: bell hooks
Title: Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (Routledge Classics) 1st Edition

ISBN-10: ‎9780415389587

ISBN-13: ‎978-0415389587

Publisher: Routledge (1st Edition)
Date: May 12, 2006
Publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Outlaw-Culture-Resisting-Representations/hooks/p/book/9780415389587

Cost: $18.34 Amazon
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Culture-Resisting-Representations-Routledge/dp/0415389585/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HLKCM302Q05&keywords=bell+hooks+outlaw+culture&qid=1643654067&s=books&sprefix=bell+hooks+outlaw+culture%2Cstripbooks%2C223&sr=1-1

ART 126 RESOURCES:

1) Art 126 Syllabus: can be found HERE.

2) Weekly Reading Assignments: can be found HERE.

3) Art 126 Questionnaire: can be found HERE. Please fill this out and return it to me very quickly. There are numerous questions that relate to your access to technology during this time.

4) Research Paper Prompt: can be found HERE. You will be selecting the photographer about whom you will write a formal research paper. You need to have selected your rough topic by Thursday, April 28 (Week 5). You may use any of the assigned books for this class, but you will also want to utilize scholarly journal articles from the Davidson Library Website (HERE). You will note that I have linked to the Art 1A page of the Davidson Library website because it is very easy to navigate, and it is very helpful. Before you select your photographer, be sure to look through your four books for inspiration, and once you have narrowed down the field I will speak with each of you individually about your proposed subject of research.

5) If you need help finding research materials, then please reach out to our Art and Architecture Librarian, Chizu Morihara.

cmorihara@ucsb.edu
(805) 893-2766

6) Office Hours: By appointment, and after class. Email: taschian@arts.ucsb.edu

7) Group Reading Journals: You will submit your weekly reading summaries each Thursday by 6:00PM PT. Your reading journals are largely intended to help you learn the material, and to identify scholarly sources that can be used in your research paper. However, they also allow me to see how you are framing and interpreting the materials the we are covering.

You should be summarizing the most important points that are made by the authors, and those that you find particularly interesting. You need to write in full sentences, rather than listing abbreviated ideas in the form of bullet points.

8) Finalized Reading Groups:

Group 1: Grace W., Maddy, Marlena, Leah

Group 2: Lydia, Lucy, Xuedan, Yilin, Grace A.

Group 3: Alice, Moxie, Kapri, Diego, Daniela

Group 4: Ashley, Vivian, Tallulah, Sue, Lysa

9) First Reading Assignments:

WEEK 1 (March 29 & 31): bell hooks. Art on My Mind:Visual Politics

Course Introduction: Tuesday, March 29 

Thursday, March 31:

Group 1: Introduction, p. xi-xvi and Chapter 1, p. 1-9.

Group 2: Chapter 2, p. 10-21.

Group 3: Chapter 3, p. 22-34.

Group 4: Chapter 4, p. 35-48.