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Academic Paper on Polynesian Velvet Paintings

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Some of you intellectual types, who enjoy black velvet paintings of Polynesian women, film noir, and representations of Pacific Women might enjoy the following article, titled 'Darkness and Light: Dusky Maidens and Velvet Dreams'

The 20 page article is from the journal Camera Obscura (subtitle: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies) and features Sima Urale's 1997 'mockumentary' film 'Velvet Dreams'. A lengthy summary of the film is included in the article.

If you aren't the intellectual type, you might still enjoy the 4 black and white representations of nude velvet paintings included in the article

http://cameraobscura.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/20/1_58/185.pdf

Vern

Nice article!!

Thanks for posting Vern!!! :)

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

Great Article!! Thanks for posting!
JPM

the hawaiiana collectors in seattle showed this film a couple years ago, its delightful ~ odd to see it analytically deconstructed. talk about studying something to death! thanks for posting, interesting read.. lots of 1600 SAT words@

On 2007-10-22 13:15, ikitnrev wrote:

If you aren't the intellectual type, you might still enjoy the 4 black and white representations of nude velvet paintings included in the article
Vern

Hey, I'm not that dense!
I know intellectual boobs when I see them.

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