Erin Benay
Biographic Data
| ID | 8504824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Benay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Benay |
| SIGNATURE | BENAY E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Casta State of Mind
This article revisits the eighteenth-century pinturas de castas (caste painting) tradition by juxtaposing it with the artistic production of contemporary Latinx artist Michael Menchaca. Enigmatic and haunting, casta paintings blatantly reveal the workings of colonial miscegenation. The paintings have been interpreted as souvenirs for wealthy European patrons, as “exotica” for eclectic Wunderkammers, and as ethnographic confirmation of mestizaje (…
The Cross and the Lotus Flower
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The Cross and the Lotus Flower
Casta State of Mind
This article revisits the eighteenth-century pinturas de castas (caste painting) tradition by juxtaposing it with the artistic production of contemporary Latinx artist Michael Menchaca. Enigmatic and haunting, casta paintings blatantly reveal the workings of colonial miscegenation. The paintings have been interpreted as souvenirs for wealthy European patrons, as “exotica” for eclectic Wunderkammers, and as ethnographic confirmation of mestizaje (…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Botany (1 work) · Caste (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 work) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 work)