Picturing us : African American identity in photography /

In 18 stimulating essays, black writers, scholars and critics reflect on individual photographs-often a family snapshot-to address questions of black identity.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Willis, Deborah, 1948- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : picturing us / Deborah Willis
  • When you meet Estella Smart, you been met! / Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
  • A Sunday portrait / Edward P. Jones
  • In our glory : photography and Black life / bell hooks
  • In my father's house there were no images / E. Ethelbert Miller
  • Gazing colored : a family album / Christian Walker
  • Grandmother's face and the legacy of Pomegranate Hall / Adele Logan Alexander
  • My grandmother died last night / Lisé Hamilton
  • The plaintiff speaks / Clarissa T. Sligh
  • Finding a space for myself in my film about color consciousness / Kathe Sandler
  • Affirmative action and the white backlash : notes from a child of apartheid / Luke Charles Harris
  • The erotic image is naked and dark / Carla Williams
  • Mug shot : suspicious person / Claudine K. Brown
  • The continuing drama of African American images in American cinema / St. Clair Bourne
  • How come nobody told me about the lynching? / Jacquie Jones
  • Hard core poverty / Paul A. Rogers
  • Afro images : politics, fashion, and nostalgia / Angela Y. Davis
  • Making noise : Marcus Garvey Dada, August 1922 / Robert A. Hill.