Black Womanhood examines an especially charged icon--the black female body--and contemporary artists' interventions upon historical images of black women as exotic Others, erotic fantasies, and supermaternal Mammies. Written by experts in African and African American art and illustrated with more than 200 historical and contemporary images, this book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of race and gender in art and culture. Barbara Thompsonn is curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American collections ...
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Black Womanhood examines an especially charged icon--the black female body--and contemporary artists' interventions upon historical images of black women as exotic Others, erotic fantasies, and supermaternal Mammies. Written by experts in African and African American art and illustrated with more than 200 historical and contemporary images, this book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of race and gender in art and culture. Barbara Thompsonn is curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American collections at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.
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Publisher:
The Hood Museum of Art, University of Washington Press, 2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10283633568
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Images, Icons and Ideologies of the African Body. As new and bright black boards with silver lettering in fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. New and bright all around, gift quality.
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New. Explorations of contemporary art have focused on issues of identity and race for some time. Few, however, have sought to investigate these themes by juxtaposing historical and contemporary frameworks. This book examines an especially charged icon-the black female body. Editor(s): Thompson, Barbara. Num Pages: 376 pages, 250 illus., 212 in color. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1744. 2008. Illustrated. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. In original unopened shrinkwrap. Ship in sturdy box with bubble wrap. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 374 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
