{"product_id":"shades-of-black-9780822334200","title":"Shades of Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This volume presents a history of that movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShades of Black\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable document of creative thinking and archival importance. The editors have brought to life a decade rich in artistic experimentation and collaboration, which will shape the vision of artists and thinkers across generations and geographies.”—Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShades of Black\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable text for anyone and everyone in diaspora studies, cultural studies, and comparative British and American studies and for historians and critics of visual art. It brings together a wide range of visual art with a superb collection of essays that set the historical and critical context for understanding one of the most vibrant moments in art history.”—Hazel V. Carby, author of C\u003ci\u003eultures in Babylon: Black Britain and African America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The explosion of creativity and the critical debates on black culture that emerged in Britain in the 1980s transformed reigning assumptions about black art around the world. This collection is an important effort to assess the work of that period and its lasting impact.”—Coco Fusco, interdisciplinary artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShades of Black: Assembling the 1980s \/ David A. Bailey, Ian Baucom, and Sonia Boyce xi\u003cbr\u003e Part One. Texts \u003cbr\u003e Assembling the 1980s: The Deluge—and After \/ Stuart Hall 1\u003cbr\u003e The Success and Failure of the Black Arts Movement \/ Rasheed Araeen 21\u003cbr\u003e Wait, Did I Miss Something? Some Personal Musings on the 1980s and Beyond \/ Keith Piper 35\u003cbr\u003e Inside the Invisible: For\/Getting Strategy \/ Lubaina Himid 41\u003cbr\u003e Iconography after Identity \/ Kobena Mercer 49\u003cbr\u003e A to Y (Entries for an Inventory of Dented \"I\"s) \/ susan pui san lok 59\u003cbr\u003e On Becoming at Artist: Algerian, African, Arab, Muslim, French \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eBlack British? A Dialogue of Visibility \/ Zineb Sedira in collaboration with Jawad Al-Nawab 67\u003cbr\u003e CoRespondents \/ Young Soon Min and Allan deSouza 77\u003cbr\u003e Triangular Trades: Late-Twentieth-Century \"Black\" Art and Transatlantic Cultural Commerce \/ Judith Wilson 89\u003cbr\u003e Collaborative Projects: Toward a More Inclusive Practice \/ Dawoud Bey 103\u003cbr\u003e Why Asia Now? Contemporary Asian Art and the Politics of Multiculturalism \/ Stan Abe 109\u003cbr\u003e Choices for Black Arts in Britain over Thirty Years \/ Naseem Khan 115\u003cbr\u003e A Case of Mistaken Identity \/ Gilane Tawadros 123\u003cbr\u003e Color Plates 133\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. The Conference \u003cbr\u003e Conference Papers and Speakers 166\u003cbr\u003e Dialogues \/ Jean Fisher 167\u003cbr\u003e Part Three. Time Lines \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Adelaide Bannerman 199\u003cbr\u003e Time Lines 210\u003cbr\u003e Part Four. Recommended Readings \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Leon Wainwright 307\u003cbr\u003e Histories and Positions 309\u003cbr\u003e Visual Practices 312\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions and Displays 314\u003cbr\u003e Institutions, Policies, and Reports 316\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 319\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 327\u003cbr\u003e Index 329","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406036672855,"sku":"9780822334200","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822334200.jpg?v=1730494324","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shades-of-black-9780822334200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}