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

McKinley, Catherine E., author.

Contributors: Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of introduction. ; Woodson, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.

2021, Book , xxv, 207 pages :

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Summary/Review: A curator and writer, drawing on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos, presents this unprecedented visual history of African more...

Summary/Review: A curator and writer, drawing on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos, presents this unprecedented visual history of African women across centuries.

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Publication information:	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
ISBN:	1620403536
ISBN:	9781620403532
Language:	English
Record ID:	4048334
Variant Title:	African look book
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	xxv, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Date acquired:	February 3, 2021
More creator details:	Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson.
Contents note:	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.
Summary/Review:	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
Contributor:	Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of introduction.
Contributor:	Woodson, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.

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