Black is beautiful : a philosophy of black aesthetics / Paul C. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1967- author.

Series:

Foundations of the philosophy of the arts ; 6.

Foundations of the philosophy of the arts ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, Black.

African American aesthetics.

Physical Description:

xv, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

Throughout black history and culture, aesthetics has long been a central concern for black thinkers and activists, and yet this important subject has been almost entirely neglected by philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of art. Black is Beautiful provides a long-overdue synthesis, identifying and exploring the most significant philosophical issues that emerge from the aesthetic dimensions of black life, both in the fine arts and beyond. Taylor forges a basic philosophical framework for comprehending black aesthetics. The book consists of eight chapters, each of which discusses a web of related themes and phenomena. Each chapter begins with one or two illustrative real-world examples, and then uses the complexities of these opening cases to introduce the relevant issues. This highly engaging book enables readers to see the multiplicity of the practices and themes gathered within the field, and effectively overturns conceptual barriers that obstruct adequate recognition of the meanings of black cultural works. Black is Beautiful provides an original theory that fills a void in the expressive and theoretical resources in aesthetics literature. Book jacket.

Contents:

Assembly, not birth

Inquiry and assembly

On blackness

On the black aesthetic tradition

Black aesthetics as/and philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Taylor, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1967- author. Black is beautiful.

ISBN:

9781405150620

1405150629

9781405150637

1405150637

OCLC:

910538367