Abstractionist Aesthetics: Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture

(Part of the NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis Series)

by Phillip Harper

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An artistic discussion on the critical potential of African American expressive culture

In a major reassessment of African American culture, Phillip Brian Harper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the "proper" depiction of black people. He advocates for African American aesthetic abstractionism--a representational mode whereby an artwork, rather than striving for realist verisimilitude, vigorously asserts its essentially artificial...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1479818364

ISBN13:9781479818365

Release Date:December 2015

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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