{"product_id":"the-image-of-the-black-in-western-art-volume-v-9780674052697","title":"The Image of the Black in Western Art Volume V","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last volume in \u003ci\u003eThe Image of the Black in Western Art\u003c\/i\u003e marks a shift by focusing on representation of blacks by black artists in the West. It takes on migration in the U.S and globalization, Négritude and cultural hybridity, black artists’ relationship with European traditions and experimentation, as well as photography, jazz and activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the publication of the fifth volume, concentrating on the 20th century, [this series] has become a necessary cultural resource documenting the visual construction of blackness over the past 5,000 years. This latest and perhaps last volume—subdivided into two parts, \u003ci\u003eThe Impact of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Black Artists\u003c\/i\u003e—redirects the underlying colonialist, Eurocentric framing of the previous four volumes. The co-editors, David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates Jr., bring focus to black artists globally as makers of their own art and imagery, rather than solely the subjects of others’ fantasies and fascination… Laudatory in its scope, notable for the high quality of its essays and, in terms of reproduction quality, impressively illustrated, \u003ci\u003eThe Image of the Black in Western Art: Volume V\u003c\/i\u003e should have wide popular and scholarly appeal. -- Claudia Rankine * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe 10th volume in a 50-year effort to document images of Africans in Western art, \u003ci\u003eRise\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on images of blacks by black artists. Though profusely illustrated, it is much more than a picture book, with essays on painting, photography, jazz, performance art and critical analysis of such cultural flash points as the advertising persona Aunt Jemima. -- Mary Abbe * Minneapolis Star-Tribune *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating story of the changing image of Africa’s people in Western art. The images are simply extraordinary and the scholarship inspiring. Anyone who cares about Western art or about Africa and her diaspora ought to know these magnificent volumes. -- Kwame Anthony Appiah\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being an indispensable guide to the evolving meanings of racial difference, these dazzling volumes filled with extraordinary images and rich arguments contribute to an alternative history of the Western world. An invaluable gift for both specialists and general readers. -- Paul Gilroy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403544437079,"sku":"9780674052697","price":67.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674052697.jpg?v=1730483782","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-image-of-the-black-in-western-art-volume-v-9780674052697","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}