Designing a new tradition : Loïs Mailou Jones and the aesthetics of Blackness / Rebecca VanDiver.
"In Designing a New Tradition, Rebecca VanDiver presents a fresh perspective on the art and career of Loïs Mailou Jones. Considering the importance of Africa for Jones's work and examining the broader roles played by class, gender, and politics in constructions of African American art hist...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020] ©2020. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Claiming middle ground
- Seeking success : school, society, and career aspirations
- Routes to roots : from Black Washington to Black Paris
- Diasporic directions : Haiti, collage, and composite aesthetics
- In and out : Africa and the academy
- Conclusion : Composite naming practices and art histories.