Coinciding with the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade, this multi-disciplinary volume chronicles the iconography of sugar, slavery, and the topography of Jamaica from the beginning of British rule in 1655 to the aftermath of emancipation in the 1840s. Focusing on the visual and material culture of slavery and emancipation in Jamaica, it offers new perspectives on art, music, and performance in Afro-Jamaican society and on the Jewish diaspora in the Caribbean. Central to the book is "Sketches of ...
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Coinciding with the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade, this multi-disciplinary volume chronicles the iconography of sugar, slavery, and the topography of Jamaica from the beginning of British rule in 1655 to the aftermath of emancipation in the 1840s. Focusing on the visual and material culture of slavery and emancipation in Jamaica, it offers new perspectives on art, music, and performance in Afro-Jamaican society and on the Jewish diaspora in the Caribbean. Central to the book is "Sketches of Character "(1837-38)--a remarkable series of lithographs by the Jewish Jamaican artist Isaac Mendes Belisario--the earliest visual representation of the masquerade form Jonkonnu. Innovative scholarship traces the West African roots of Jonkonnu through its evolution in Jamaica and continuing transformation today; offers a unique portrait of Jamaican culture at a pivotal historical moment; and provides a new model for interpreting the visual culture of empire.
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Fine in very good(+) jacket. With essays and contributions by several authors. Beautifully and extensively illustrated. xix + 392 pages, large thick 4to, cloth, d.w.; small nick to top edge of dust wrapper spine. New Haven and London: Yale Center for British Art and Yale University Press, (2007). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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Book. Quarto; 592 pages; G+/VG-; White Dustjacket spine with blue and green text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, minor wear to edges; Textblock has splitting along gutter of half title page; SH Consignment; Shelved Case 11. 1363145. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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New. 0300116616. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 612 pp. With 429 ills. (357 col. ). 32 x 23 cm. --with a bonus offer--
