South African Art

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In this wide-ranging monograph, the achievements of Irma Stern, one of South Africa's most celebrated painters, are introduced to a contemporary au...

In rural South African clinics, Black nurses had to navigate the intersections of traditional African healing practices, changing gender relations,...

South African artist Irma Stern (1894-1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on ra...

Reducere. DescriptionThe extraordinarily productive life of curator, artist, and activist Margaret Burroughs was largely rooted in her work to establish and ...

A timely exploration of the allusive, sculptural fiber work of an important contemporary South African artistPublisher: Art Institute of ChicagoIll...

Reducere. DescriptionSan rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest examples of representati...

A new consideration of extraordinary art created by Black artists during the mid-20th centuryMy Soul Has Grown Deep considers the art-historical si...

``One of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today.``--Andre BrinkOriginally part of a collaborative project with photog...

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One of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur "genius" grant, Kara Walker, an African American artist, is best known for her iconic, often life-siz...

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This well-illustrated book provides an up-to-date survey of a key period in the history of northern Ethiopia and south-central Eritrea. It is acces...

DescriptionIn Unruly Visions Gayatri Gopinath brings queer studies to bear on investigations of diaspora and visuality, tracing the interrelation o...

A major publication about the revolutionary art collective that defined a new Black aesthetic in late 1960s Chicago and whose influence today is st...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): LaNitra M. (George Mason University, USA) BergerIllustration(s): 46 bw illusNumber of pages: 208Publ...

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Contributor(s): Author: Robert McRuerContends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics. Broadly attentiv...

World-renowned Christian philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Son. Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. Hi...

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When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading p...