Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century

by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

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Recently, a number of cutting edge African American artists have investigated issues of race and American identity in their work, relying on the use of historical source material and the subversion of archaic media. This scrutiny of little known, yet uncannily familiar, racialized imagery by contemporary artists has created a renewed interest in the politics of nineteenth-century American art and the role of race in the visual discourse. Portraits...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0295985712

ISBN13:9780295985718

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:183 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 8.1" x 11.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century African-American Studies Architecture Art Arts, Music & Photography Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions History & Criticism Individual Artists Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Specific Demographics Themes

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