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The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN13:
9781620403532
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An unprecedented visual history of African women told in striking and revolutionary historical photographs--featuring an Introduction by Edwidge Danticat and a Foreword by Jacqueline Woodson. Most of us grew up with images of African women that were purely anthropologicalbright displays of exotica where the deeper personhood seemed tucked away. Or they were chronicles of war and povertypoverty porn. But now, curator Catherine E. McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos, spanning the 150-year arc of photography on the continent, to tell a different story of African women: how deeply cosmopolitan and modern they are in their style; how they were able to reclaim the tools of the colonial oppression that threatened their selfhood and livelihoods. Featuring works by celebrated African masters, African studios of local legend, and anonymous artists, The African Lookbook captures the dignity, playfulness, austerity, grandeur, and fantasy-making of African women across centuries. McKinley also features photos by Europeansmost starkly, striking nudesrevealing the relationships between white men and the black female sitters where, at best, a grave power imbalance lies. Its a bittersweet truth that when there is exploitation there can also be profound resistance expressed in unexpected wayseven if its only in gazing back. These photos tell the story of how the sewing machine and the camera became powerful tools for womens self-expression, revealing a truly glorious display of everyday beauty.
- | Author: Catherine E. Mckinley, Jacqueline Woodson
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- | Publication Date: January 19, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1620403536
- | ISBN-13: 9781620403532
- Author:
- Catherine E. Mckinley, Jacqueline Woodson
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:
- January 19, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 240 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1620403536
- ISBN-13:
- 9781620403532