| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I : Harlem born and bred -- Chapter 1 : From the cradle to the classroom in the 1930s -- Chapter 2 : Growing up on Sugar Hill in the 1940s -- Part II : Men, marriage, and motherhood -- Chapter 3 : Men and marriage in the 1950s and 1960s -- Chapter 4 : My mother was perfect, or so she said -- Chapter 5 : Parental politics : my daughter and me -- Color plates -- Part III : Making art, making waves, and making money -- Chapter 6 : A European trip ends with a death in the family -- Chapter 7 : The 1960s : is there a black art? -- Chapter 8 : The End of the 1960s : out of the studio and into the streets -- Chapter 9 : The 1970s : is there a woman's art? -- Chapter 10 : Teaching art : those who can should -- Chapter 11: We flew over the bridge : performance art, story quilts, and Tar Beach -- Appendix : Matisse's Chapel -- Faith Ringgold chronology -- Public and private collections -- Index. |
| Note |
"A Bulfinch Press book." |
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Includes index. |
| Subject |
Ringgold, Faith.
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African American women artists -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0821220713 hardcover |
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9780821220719 hardcover |
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