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Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s)

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing Man Ray's photographic series, "Noire et blanche" from 1926.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Weston, Charisse & Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s) (open access)

Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s)

This paper discusses research on Man Ray's 'Noire et blanche' photographic series that features a female model and an African mask. This paper advances beyond the too often superficially noted formal similarities and contrasts between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between them involving sexual and racial "Otherness".
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Weston, Charisse & Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Choosing Success (open access)

Choosing Success

Keynote address for the 2009 University Scholars Day delivered by Dr. Wendy Wilkins. This keynote speaker discusses her academic career path, tracing the twists and turns from her first serious aspirations to be a ballet dancer to her current position as the chief academic officer at the University of North Texas.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Wilkins, Wendy K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library