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The story of black
- Title
- The story of black / John Harvey.
- Author
- Harvey, J. R. (John Robert)
- Publication
- London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | BF789.C7 H36 2013g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- This text provides an exploration of black, following our ambiguous relationship with this most 'accursed' of colours throughout cultures worldwide. The book asks whether black is in fact a colour at all, and also describes the use and meaning of black in art, literature, issues of race, advertising, and popular culture.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Folklore.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : how black is black? -- The oldest colour -- Classical black -- The black of God -- Black in society : Arabia, Europe -- Two artists in black -- Black Choler -- Servitude and négritude -- Black in the enlightenment -- Britain's black century -- Our colour? -- A note of chessboards, death and whiteness.
- ISBN
- 9781780230849
- 1780230842
- OCLC
- ocn809978057
- 809978057
- SCSB-9623445
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries