Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present

by Deborah Willis

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As a student in the 1970s, Deborah Willis came to the realization that images of black beauty, female and male, simply did not exist in the larger culture. Determined to redress this imbalance, Willis examined everything from vintage ladies' journals to black newspapers, and started what would become a lifelong quest. With more than two hundred arresting images, many previously unpublished, Posing Beauty recovers a world many never knew existed. Historical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393066967

ISBN13:9780393066968

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:280 Pages

Weight:4.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 9.6" x 12.0"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions Equipment, Techniques & Reference Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Photo Essays Photography Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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