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In search of African American space : redressing racism / by Campt, Tina,1964-contributor.; Caples, Sara,contributor.(CARDINAL)853898; Clytus, Radiclani,contributor.(CARDINAL)817863; Daniels, J. Yolande,contributor.; Eastman, Carrie,editor.(CARDINAL)853896; Hogrefe, Jeffrey,editor,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)161538; Holder, Ann S.,contributor.; Jefferson, Everardo,contributor.; Johnson, Walis,contributor.; Kennedy, Elizabeth,1955-contributor.; Leon, Rodney,contributor.; Ruff, Scott,1969-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)853895; Simone, Ashley,editor.(CARDINAL)853897; Williamson, Marisa,contributor.; Lars Müller Publishers,publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245) and index.'In Search of African American Space' explores the relationship between the African diaspora and contemporary spatial practice from multiple critical vantages in order to locate a transhistorical moment in the afterlife of slavery. Traditional notions of space are challenged as the analyses in this volume transcend discipline, deriving from architecture, performance art, history, and visual theory. Richly illustrated and organized thematically, the anthology, edited by Jeffrey Hogrefe and Scott Ruff, is divided into two sections. The first is dedicated to an aspect of practice that has operated outside of the academy. Contributions by architects of arguably the first generation to work in the discourse of the African diaspora are featured. These architects are conscious of performances typologies of opposition that have emerged from the slave-ship hold, slave plantation quarters, and urban 'slum/ghetto' as they seek to define, interpret, and design African American art, architecture, and public space. In the second section, quotidian practices are rendered significant as expressions of culture, aesthetics, and political activism. The transformation of space is an act of autonomy. Making African American spatial practices present is vital in this volume for to allow their absence, denial, or erasure is to allow the lingering effects of slavery to manifest as part of the contemporary condition.
Subjects: African Americans in art.; African diaspora in art.; Architecture and race.; Racism in art.; Slavery in art.; Space (Architecture);
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Designing for diversity : gender, race, and ethnicity in the architectural profession / by Anthony, Kathryn H.(CARDINAL)768942;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Subjects: Women architects; Women in the professions;
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Slavery and the invention of Dutch art / by Fowler, Caroline O.,author.; Duke University Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)290492;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Slavery and the Invention of Dutch Art, Caroline Fowler considers the archive of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, arguing that it lacks adequate visual history depicting the ways in which life transformed into commodity. To address this, Fowler turns to Dutch art of the seventeenth century, showing how the specter of the plantation economy in the Americas overflows into the visual sites of these works. For example, Fowler examines the paintings of Frans Post (1612-1680), analyzing Post's coastal studies of salt mining in the Cape Verde islands and his depiction of the Brazilian sugar plantations alongside the account books, inventories, and written materials that travelled beside his pictorial record"--
Subjects: Painting, Dutch; Art and society; Transatlantic slave trade; Art, Dutch; Slavery; Slavery in art.;
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Culture and customs of Brazil / by Vincent, Jon S.(Jon Stephen),1938-1999.(CARDINAL)718720;
Includes bibliographical references (181-184) and index.
Subjects: Popular culture;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Sight unseen : whiteness and American visual culture / by Berger, Martin A.,author.(CARDINAL)700998; University of California Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)280932;
Includes bibliographical references (page 225) and index.Sight unseen explores how racial identity guides the interpretation of the visual world. Through analysis of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century paintings, photographs, museums, and early motion pictures, Berger illustrates how a shared investment in whiteness invisibly directs what European Americans see as true, and ultimately, what legal, social, and economic policies they enact. Reconstructing selected artworks, the author exposes the effects of racial thinking on our interpretation of the visual world. Berger shows how artworks are more significant for confirming internalized beliefs on race than they are for selling us on racial values we do not yet own. This book exposes how something as natural as sight is conditioned by the racial values of society.
Subjects: Art and race.; Race awareness in art.; Race in art.; Race discrimination; Racism in art.; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.; White people; Arts, American;
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Encyclopedia of Appalachia / by Abramson, Rudy.(CARDINAL)276046; Haskell, Jean,1947-(CARDINAL)276085;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Foreword / William Ferris -- An appreciation / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Guide for readers -- Introduction -- The landscape: Geology ; Ecology ; Environment -- The people: Family and community ; Images and icons ; Race, ethnicity, and identity ; Settlement and migration ; Urban Appalachian experience -- Work and the economy: Agriculture ; Business, industry, and technology ; Labor ; Tourism ; Transportation -- Cultural traditions: Architecture ; Crafts ; Folklore and folklife ; Food and cooking ; Humor ; Language ; Literature ; Music ; Performing arts ; Religion ; Sports and recreation ; Visual arts -- Institutions: Cultural institutions ; Education ; Government ; Health ; Media.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Appalachians (People);
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Place, race, and story : essays on the past and future of historic preservation / by Kaufman, Ned.(CARDINAL)304253;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue : how place, race, and story are changing preservation today -- Place, race, and story : basic issues. Introduction : needs and opportunities ; Placing preservation ; Protecting storyscape ; Eliminating the diversity deficit -- Architecture in and out of place : historical perspectives. Introduction : visiting, collecting, and preserving architecture ; History, design, and the rise of architectural travel ; Collecting architecture, from Napoleon through Ford -- Winning and losing in New York City. Introduction : "cultural landmarks" and the challenges of place, race, and story in New York City ; A plan to save New York's places of history and tradition ; Heritage and the cultural politics of preservation : the African Burial Ground and the Audubon Ballroom ; Historical memory, social equity, and the disappearance of New York's working-class neighborhoods -- Choosing a different future. Introduction : yesterday's and tomorrow's futures ; Sustaining the living heritage of places : some suggestions for using and owning land ; Sugar songs : a modest proposal delivered to the Earl of Harewood ; Moving forward : futures for a preservation movement.
Subjects: Historic preservation; Historic sites; Historic buildings;
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Encyclopedia of prisons & correctional facilities / by Bosworth, Mary.(CARDINAL)275236;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1189-1252) and index.Although some comparative information is provided. Four hundred entries (from about 160 contributors), arranged alphabetically, encompass various aspects of prison architecture, theories of punishment, prison populations, prison reform juvenile justice, staff, treatment programs, privatization, labor, race-gender- class, sentencing policy and laws, and security and classification. Sidebars and illustrations, an appendix listing institutions in the federal prison system, and a chronology.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Prisons; Correctional institutions;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The mound-builders; a reconstruction of the life of a prehistoric American race, through exploration and interpretation of their earth mounds, their burials, and their cultural remains. by Shetrone, H. C.(CARDINAL)213785;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-496).Early theories as to origin and identity -- Distribution and classification of the mounds -- Architecture and engineering -- Agriculture, commerce, and industry -- The mound-builder burial complex -- The mound-builder as an artist -- Tobacco pipes and smoking customs -- The Ohio area: I, Adena and Fort Ancient cultures -- The Ohio area: II, the Hopewell culture -- The Ohio area: III, fortifications and effigy mounds -- The Ohio area: IV, marginal subareas -- A tour of the Ohio mound area -- The Great Lakes area -- The upper Mississippi area: I, Wisconsin Minnesota, and the Dakotas -- The upper Mississippi area: II, northern Illinois, Iowa, and marginal districts -- The lower Mississippi area: I, southern Illinois, western Kentucky and Tennessee, southern Missouri, and Arkansas -- The lower Mississippi area: II, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama -- The Tennessee-Cumberland area -- The Pennsylvania area -- Summary and conclusions.
Subjects: Mound-builders.; Mounds; Burial;
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Discovering Italy [videorecording] by Questar, Inc.(CARDINAL)326998;
From trendy Milan to the tranquil Isle of Capri, indulge in the passion of Italy. Visit sunny Sicily and Naples. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Ride through the streets of Sienna in the legendary Palio horse race. Study Renaissance art and architecture in Florence. Meet Tuscan winemakers and enjoy colorful regional festivals. Ride a gondola past Piazza San Marco and tour the opulent Doge's Palace in Venice. Step back in time at the Forum in Rome. Then toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain to ensure your return to this rich and romantic land.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Video recordings.;
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