| Description |
xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
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eth African Americans lcdgt |
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occ Artists Photographers lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Colonial Conquest -- La Vènus Noire -- Ethnography, Photography, and the Grand Tour -- The Body at Labor -- World's Fairs and Expositions -- The National Geographic Aesthetic -- The Cultural Body -- The Noble Body -- The Conscious Body -- The Artist's Model -- Bawdy Bodies -- The Lesbian Body -- The Body at Labor, Revisited -- The Body Beautiful -- The New Negro in Photography -- Perception of Beauty -- The Construction of Beauty -- Autobiography of the Body -- Conclusion: Reclaiming Bodies and Images. |
| Summary |
"Searching for photographic images of black women, Deborah Willis and Carla Williams were startled to find them by the hundreds. In long-forgotten books, in art museums, in European and US archives and private collections, a hidden history of representation awaited discovery. The Black Female Body offers a stunning array of familiar and many virtually unknown photographs. Willis and Williams show how photographs reflected Western culture's fascination with black women's bodies, reinforcing beliefs about racial differences and hierarchies. The authors also show how the powerful images created by twentieth-century photographers increasingly challenged these false beliefs."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Photography of the nude -- History.
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Photography of women -- History.
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Women, Black, in art.
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Female nude in art.
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Female nude in art. (OCoLC)fst01896133
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Photography of the nude. (OCoLC)fst01061951
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Photography of women. (OCoLC)fst01061958
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Women, Black, in art. (OCoLC)fst01178938
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Bildband (DE-588)4145395-5
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Fotografie (DE-588)4045895-7
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Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
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Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7
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Schwarze Frau Motiv (DE-588)4308867-3
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United States (DE-588)4078704-7
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Frau.
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Weibliche Schwarze (Motiv)
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United States.
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Schwarze.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1845-1995
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Williams, Carla, 1965- author.
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Temple University Press, publisher.
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| ISBN |
1566399289 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781566399289 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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