Fugitive testimony : on the visual logic of slave narratives /

Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the rac...

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Main Author: Neary, Janet (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints.
Physical Description:222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823272891 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823272893 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780823272907 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823272907 (pbk. : alk. paper)