Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xv, 205 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

Alternative title

1. African Americans and the American art museum

Subject

1. Art museums -- Social aspects -- United States
2. African American art -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects
3. Art and society -- United States
4. Art and race

Contents

1. A note on terminology -- Introduction. African Americans enter the art museum -- Negro art in the modern art museum -- Black artists and activism : Harlem on my mind, 1969 -- Filling the void : two centuries of black American art, 1976 -- New York to L.A. : black male : representations of black masculinity in contemporary American art, 1994-1995 -- Back to the future : The quilts of Gee's Bend, 2002 -- Conclusion. African Americans after the art museum -- Epilogue.

Call number

1. Sc D 11-2006

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-192) and index.

Author

1. Cooks, Bridget R., 1972-

Title

1. Exhibiting blackness : African Americans and the American art museum / Bridget R. Cooks.

Imprint

1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-192) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 2011021565

ISBN

1. 9781558498754
2. 1558498753

Research call number

1. Sc D 11-2006