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Author:

McKinley, Catherine E., author.

Title:

The African lookbook : a visual history of 100 years of African women / Catherine E. McKinley ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; foreword by Jacqueline Woodson.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxv, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Women--Africa--History.
Women--Africa--Social conditions.
Women--Africa--Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.

Other Authors:

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of introduction.
Woodson, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.

Contents:

Heritage: the African masters, 1900s-1970s -- With a certain eye: the colonial studio, 1870-1957 -- Dressing and undressing, 1900-1940 -- Clothes for a new nation: independence and post-independence, 1957-1970s -- Postnote.

Summary:

McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history of African women across centuries. These images tell how deeply cosmopolitan and modern they are in their style; how they were able to reclaim the tools of the colonial oppression that threatened their selfhood and livelihoods. She shows that, while African studios captured the dignity, austerity, and grandeur of African women, photos by Europeans are mostly nudes, revealing the relationships of white men and Black females: at best, a grave power imbalance. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

1620403536
9781620403532

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1231555879

LCCN:

2020946444

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)