Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body

by Enid Schildkrout, Ifi Amadiume, Christaud Geary, et al.

Book Overview

Explorations of contemporary art have focused on issues of identity and race for some time. Few, however, have sought to investigate these themes by juxtaposing historical and contemporary frameworks. Black Womanhood examines an especially charged icon--the black female body--and contemporary artists' interventions upon historical images of black women as exotic Others, erotic fantasies, and supermaternal Mammies.

This book presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987707
• ISBN13: 9780295987705
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 5.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.3" x 12.2"