Date of this Version
7-25-2022
Document Type
Article
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Abstract
This essay analyzes the pictorial representation of Frida Khalo’s “The Dream,” to unfold the nature and reflect upon the notions of joy and innocence as forms of a subtle contestation. How are they represented? By examining the visible and the non-visible as conditions of critical possibility for joy, innocence and contestation, we can reevaluate the interrelation between the notions of life and death in the Mexican culture, and Frida’s personal history. I argue that innocent joy is a quality that articulates a subtle contestation or clandestine activity of freedom
Recommended Citation
Pease, Silvia Márquez, "Joy as contestation: Frida Kahlo, "The Dream"" (2022). Department of Art and Art History. 9.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/art-art-history/9
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