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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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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.
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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