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The African lookbook : a visual history of 100 years of African women

Title
The African lookbook : a visual history of 100 years of African women / Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson.
Author
McKinley, Catherine E.
Publication
  • New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
  • Woodson, Jacqueline
Description
xxv, 207 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Summary
McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history of African women across centuries. These images tell 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. She shows that, while African studios captured the dignity, austerity, and grandeur of African women, photos by Europeans are mostly nudes, revealing the relationships of white men and Black females: at best, a grave power imbalance. -- adapted from jacket.
Alternative Title
African look book
Subject
  • Women > Africa > History
  • Women > Africa > Social conditions
  • Women > Africa > Pictorial works
  • Women
  • Women > Social conditions
  • Africa
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Call Number
Sc E 21-959
ISBN
  • 9781620403532
  • 1620403536
LCCN
2020946444
OCLC
1231555879
Author
McKinley, Catherine E., author.
Title
The African lookbook : a visual history of 100 years of African women / Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson.
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Added Author
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of introduction.
Woodson, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc E 21-959
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