Colored pictures : race and visual representation /

"In this book, artist and art historian Michael Harris traces black artists' responses to racist imagery across two centuries, from early works by Henry O. Tanner and Archibald J. Motley Jr., in which African Americans are depicted with dignity, to contemporary works by Kara Walker and Mic...

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Main Author:	Harris, Michael D., 1948-2022 (Author)
Other Authors:	Okediji, Moyosore B. (Moyosore Benjamin) (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Subjects:	Motley, Archibald John, > Jr., > 1891-1981 > Criticism and interpretation. Motley, Archibald John, > Jr., > 1891-1981 African Americans in art. African American art. African Americans > Race identity. Noirs américains dans l'art. Art noir américain. Noirs américains > Identité ethnique. African American art African Americans in art African Americans > Race identity Kunst Ethnische Identität Schwärze USA Kunst. Rassendiscriminatie. Visualisatie. Verenigde Staten. Schwarze (Motiv) Criticism, interpretation, etc.

by Harris, Michael D., 1948-
Published 2003

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