Kirsten Buick

Child of the Fire

Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An analysis of the prominent nineteenth century African American sculptor Mary Edmonia Lewis in relation to issues of race and gender.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342472
• ISBN-10: 0822342472
• Artikelnr.: 28036610

Autorenporträt

Kirsten Pai Buick

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations xi
Preface. Framing the Problem: American Africanisms, American Indianisms,
and the Processes of Art History xiii
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. Inventing the Artist: Locating the Black and Catholic Subject 1
2. The "Problem" of Art History's Black Subject 31
3. Longellow, Lewis, and the Cultural Work of Hiawatha 77
4. Identity, Tautology, and The Death of Cleopatra 133
Conclusion. Separate and Unequal: Toward a More Responsive and Responsible
Art History 209
Notes 215
Bibliography 257
Index 277