Beautiful/Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics

In Cameroon, a monumental "statue of liberty" is made from scrap metal. In Congo, a thriving popular music incorporates piercing screams and carnal dances. When these and other instantiations of the aesthetics of Africa and its diasporas are taken into account, how are ideas of beauty reconfigured? Scholars and artists take up that question in this invigorating, lavishly illustrated collection, which includes more than one hundred color images. Exploring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822339188
• ISBN13: 9780822339182
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 8.7"