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The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art. Fieldwork in Religion, 6, 27--46. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.v6i1.27

In this article I am going to examine some of the artwork of the American video artist Bill Viola to demonstrate the experiences of the religious to which it can give rise. Viola{\textquoteright}s work is a meditation on the central questions and iss... Read More about The Neglected Place of Religion in Contemporary Western Art.

Black feminism in the academy (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Black feminism in the academy. Equality, diversity and inclusion, 31, 556--572. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151211235523

Purpose - This paper aims to be a critical reflection on the author's position as a Black female academic in the academy, and comes from a motivation to raise Black consciousness about the importance of Black feminist scholarship. Design/methodology/... Read More about Black feminism in the academy.

Ritualized Violence and the Restoration of Community (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Ritualized Violence and the Restoration of Community. Parallax, 18, 32--44. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534645.2012.672241

Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon (2012)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2012). Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon. Journal for Cultural Research, 16, 43--61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2011.633836

In this article, I contextualise Bacon's representations of homosexuality -- that is, same-sex relations between men. The male nude made its appearance in Bacon's work in the early 1950s, a time when the nude was not a popular subject in painting and... Read More about Constructions of homosexuality in the art of Francis Bacon.