{"product_id":"african-venice-paul-kaplan-9780271099934","title":"African Venice: A Guide to Art, Culture and People","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfrican Venice\u003c\/i\u003e is the first guidebook to the extensive historical and contemporary African presence in the city of the lagoons. A set of ten walking tours highlights images of Black people in Venetian art from the Middle Ages to the present, the afterlife of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, the painful local legacies of slavery and Italian colonialism, and the remarkable visibility of African and Afro-descendant artists at the Venice Biennale. These tours are enriched by more than twenty essays, poems, and reflections that celebrate, question, and reimagine Venice's Black past and present. From premodern paintings and sculpture to contemporary artworks, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Venice\u003c\/i\u003e will show you the city as you have never seen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes contributions from Giuseppina Bakhita, Marilena Umuhoza Delli, Rita Dove, Emiliano Guaraldo, Eddy L. Harris, Lorenzo Lazzarini, Ibrahima L?, Vittorio Longhi, Olga Manente, Tony Mochama, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Caryl Phillips, Sandra Stocchetto, Sami Tchak, Ngūgī wa Thiong'o, and Alessandra Viola.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kaplan, Shaul Bassi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271099933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271099934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Paul Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46602868687103,"sku":"9780271099934","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35822dfd-438b-489a-81e0-e70a262ea428.jpg?v=1739695532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-venice-paul-kaplan-9780271099934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}