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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     McKinley, Catherine E.     Subjects     Women -- Africa -- History.     Women, Black -- Africa -- History.     Women -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women -- Africa -- Pictorial works.     Women -- Africa -- Portraits.     Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- Portraits.     Women, Black -- Pictorial works.     Photography of women.     Portrait photography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McKinley, Catherine E.       by title:      The African lookbook...       by call number:      305.4096 M478a     Search the Web     McKinley, Catherine E.     Women -- Africa -- History.     Women, Black -- Africa -- History.     Women -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women -- Africa -- Pictorial works.     Women -- Africa -- Portraits.     Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.     Women, Black -- Portraits.     Women, Black -- Pictorial works.     Photography of women.     Portrait photography.       MARC Display

The African lookbook : a visual history of 100 years of African women / Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson. by McKinley, Catherine E. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. Call #: 305.4096 M478a Subjects Women -- Africa -- History.   Women, Black -- Africa -- History.   Women -- Africa -- Social conditions.   Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.   Women -- Africa -- Pictorial works.   Women -- Africa -- Portraits.   Women, Black -- Africa -- Social conditions.   Women, Black -- Portraits.   Women, Black -- Pictorial works.   Photography of women.   Portrait photography. ISBN:  9781620403532 (hc) Alternate title:  African look book Description:  xxv, 207 p. : ill. (some color) ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192) and index. Contents:  Heritage: the African masters, 1900s-1970s -- With a certain eye: the colonial studio, 1870-1957 -- Dressing and undressing, 1900-1940 -- Clothes for a new nation: independence and post-independence, 1957-1970s -- Postnote. Summary:  "An unprecedented visual history of African women told in striking and subversive 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 anthropological -- bright displays of exotica where the deeper personhood seemed tucked away. Or they were chronicles of war and poverty -- “poverty porn.” But now, curator Catherine E. McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history spanning a hundred-year arc (1870–1970) of what is among the earliest photography on the continent. These images 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 Europeans -- most starkly, striking nudes -- revealing the relationships between white men and the Black female sitters where, at best, a grave power imbalance lies. It’s a bittersweet truth that when there is exploitation there can also be profound resistance expressed in unexpected ways -- even if it’s only in gazing back. These photos tell the story of how the sewing machine and the camera became powerful tools for women’s self-expression, revealing a truly glorious display of everyday beauty.--Publisher. Other authors:  Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Woodson, Jacqueline. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.4096 M478a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.4096 M478a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.4096 M478a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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