The 64 sites described in this book are a testament to the contribution that African-Americans have made to Virginia history over the last four centuries. The buildings they constructed; the churches in which they worshiped and the schools in they studies preserve the story of these contributions.
#415230 in Books Lisa Gail Collins 2002-04-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.90 x .30 x 6.80l; 1.10 #File Name: 0813530229224 pagesThe Art of History African American Women Artists Engage the Past
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Highly accessible reading; fine and original scholarship.By Charlotte HWI read this book in two sittings. Lisa Gail Collins does a beautiful job of opening up a world I did not yet fully understand. I am a southern; white; visual artist and photographer; with complicated ties to a black culture that has contributed very much to the way I think; and work; and live. Certainly my art history courses in college taught me none of this. This book illuminates the work of Renee Stout; Carrie Mae Weems; and more; and lays out the background of negative image making in the history of women of color; particularly; which; she argues is reason for the avoidance of the visual in black studies in the United States. She illuminates the value of the visual arts of black women and I came away; after reading this; with a stronger common bond to women's experience in general; and with a deeper desire to illuminate the truth in my own art.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerGreat; used for my African American DIaspora Art History class.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ***** 5 Star Seller *****By Smitty Ditty - from - Detroit City ...***** Thanks ever so much ...
