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Primitivist modernism : black culture and the origins of transatlantic modernism / Sieglinde Lemke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemke, Sieglinde, author.
- Series:
- W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Series)
- Oxford scholarship online.
- W.E.B. DuBois Institute.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modernism (Art)--Europe.
- Modernism (Art).
- Arts, European.
- Modernism (Art)--United States.
- Arts, American.
- Arts, Black--Influence.
- Arts, Black.
- African American arts--Influence.
- African American arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offering an account of modernism, this text focuses on cubism, primitivist-modernism, jazz, and Josephine Baker's performance, demonstrating that black art exerted a crucial if masked presence in both Euro-American high art and popular culture.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Was Modernism Passing?; 1 Studies in Black and White; 2 Picasso's ""Dusty Manikins""; 3 Whiteman's Jazz; 4 The Black Body; 5 The Black Book; Conclusion: Modernism Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliography: p165-174. _ Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771556-7
- 1-280-45254-4
- 1-4237-3459-9
- 0-19-534454-5
- 1-60256-638-0
- OCLC:
- 559885383
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