Thompson Shine

The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7598-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Art historian Krista Thompson analyzes photographic practices in the Caribbean and the United States to show how African diasporic youth use the process of creating images to represent themselves in the public sphere and to communicate with other Afro-diasporic communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Krista A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction. Of Shine, Bling, and Bixels 1

1. "Keep It Real": Street Photography, Public Visibility, and Afro-Modernity 47

2. Video Light: Dancehall and the Aesthetics of Spectacular Un-visibility in Jamaica 112

3. Shine, Shimmer, and Splendor: African Diasporic Aesthetics and the Art of Being Seen in the Bahamas 169

4. The Sound of Light: Reflections on Art History in the Visual Culture of Hip-Hop 215

Notes 271

Bibliography 317

Index 335

Über Autor(innen)

Krista Thompson is Weinberg College Board of Visitors Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. She is the author of An Eye for the Tropics: Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque, also published by Duke University Press.