Krista A. Thompson

Shine

The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Art historian Krista Thompson analyzes photographic practices in the Caribbean and the United States to show how African diasporic youth use the process of creating images to represent themselves in the public sphere and to communicate with other Afro-diasporic communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 868g
• ISBN-13: 9780822358077
• ISBN-10: 0822358077
• Artikelnr.: 41024251

Autorenporträt

Krista Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction. Of Shine, Bling, and Bixels 1
1. "Keep It Real": Street Photography, Public Visibility, and
Afro-Modernity 47
2. Video Light: Dancehall and the Aesthetics of Spectacular Un-visibility
in Jamaica 112
3. Shine, Shimmer, and Splendor: African Diasporic Aesthetics and the Art
of Being Seen in the Bahamas 169
4. The Sound of Light: Reflections on Art History in the Visual Culture of
Hip-Hop 215
Notes 271
Bibliography 317
Index 335