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University of Michigan Press Distinction and Denial: Race, Nation and the Critical Construction of the African American Artist, 1920-40

Name: Distinction and Denial: Race, Nation and the Critical Construction of the African American Artist, 1920-40
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Product Description Distinction and Denial challenges conventional theories of race and art in the period between 1920-40 by shedding light on the role early art critics had in marginalizing African American artists by characterizing them as sharing a primitive, ethnic essence. Mary Ann Calo dispels this myth through an engaging study of the germinal writing of Alain Locke and other significant critics of the era, who argued that African American artists were both a diverse group and a constituent element of America's cultural center. By documenting the effects of the ""Negro aesthetic"" on artists working in the inter-war years, ""Distinction and Denial"" shows that black artistic production existed between the claims of a distinctly African American tradition and full inclusion into American modernist culture. Appealing to a wide range of readers interested in art, history, and African American studies, ""Distinction and Denial"" expands our understanding of an artistic era - focusing on issues of ethnic essentialism and nativism that trouble us to the present day - while also calling into question how we view the intersection of creative production and racial identity in America. Review A major contribution to the scholarship of African American artists in the inter-war period. With scrupulous research and probing analyses, Calo's study enables scholars, students, and those interested in the Harlem Renaissance to grasp the intellectual debates, institutional support, and art world promotion that advanced an emerging cohort of African American artists. - Patricia Hills, Boston University About the Author Mary Ann Calo is Professor of Art and Art History and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Colgate University. She is author of Bernard Berenson and the Twentieth Century and editor of Critical Issues in American Art: A Book of Readings.

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Brand: University of Michigan Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0472114689
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Themes & Concepts
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 June 2007
Listed Since: 06 February 2007

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