Black art : a cultural history /

"The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner and video creations of contemporary hip-h...

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Main Author: Powell, Richard J., 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2021.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:World of art.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the dark center
  • Art, culture, and "the souls of Black folk"
  • Enter and exit the "New Negro"
  • The cult of the people
  • Pride, assimilation, and dreams
  • "Black is a color"
  • Culture as currency
  • Through a glass, diasporally
  • Fin-de-siècle blues
  • The price of blackness.