ISBN:
9780822342472
,
9780822342663
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 297, [16] S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
DDC:
730.92
Keywords:
Lewis, Edmonia
;
African American sculptors
;
Art, American Social aspects
;
History
;
Art and society
;
Lewis, Edmonia 1844-1909
Abstract:
Inventing the artist : locating the Black and Catholic subject -- The "problem" of art history's Black subject -- Longfellow, Lewis, and the cultural work of Hiawatha -- Identity, tautology, and the death of Cleopatra
Description / Table of Contents:
Inventing the artist : locating the Black and Catholic subject -- The "problem" of art history's Black subject -- Longfellow, Lewis, and the cultural work of Hiawatha -- Identity, tautology, and the death of Cleopatra.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
