African American visual arts : from slavery to the present / Celeste-Marie Bernier.
| Author/creator | Bernier, Celeste-Marie |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xii, 264 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 'The slave who paints': beginnings and the visual arts tradition -- 'Establishing an art era' in the Harlem renaissance -- Struggle, survival and early abstraction -- 'Images are weapons': history, narrative and a people's art -- 'Art comes to have a life of its own': aesthetics, experimentation and a new visual language -- 'Racist pathology is the muck': towards a transgressive visual poetics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-257) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008012512 |
| ISBN | 9780807832561 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807832561 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807859339 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807859338 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | N 6538.N5 B47 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |