Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Adrian Piper’s Performance of Race and the Moral Question of Racism 1
6. Section 1. 1965 –1970. The Paradox of the Black Woman Conceptual Artist
7. 1. Contingent and Universal 33
8. 2. Hypothesis 69
9. Section 2. 1970 –1975. Personal Politics and Performance Art
10. 3. May 1970 125
11. 4. Catalysis 162
12. 5. Food for the Spirit 205
13. 6. “Acting Like a Man” 229
14. Conclusion: The Mythic Being and the Aesthetics of Direct Address 257
15. Notes 263
16. Bibliography 299
17. Index 319