{"product_id":"dark-designs-and-visual-culture-michele-wallace-9780822334132","title":"Dark Designs and Visual Culture","description":"Michele Wallace burst into public consciousness with the 1979 publication of \u003ci\u003eBlack Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman\u003c\/i\u003e, a pioneering critique of the misogyny of the Black Power movement and the effects of racism and sexism on black women. Since then, Wallace has produced an extraordinary body of journalism and criticism engaging with popular culture and gender and racial politics. This collection brings together more than fifty of the articles she has written over the past fifteen years. Included alongside many of her best-known pieces are previously unpublished essays as well as interviews conducted with Wallace about her work. \u003ci\u003eDark Designs and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e charts the development of a singular, pathbreaking black feminist consciousness.\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a new introduction in which Wallace reflects on her life and career, this volume includes other autobiographical essays; articles focused on popular culture, the arts, and literary theory; and explorations of issues in black visual culture. Wallace discusses growing up in Harlem; how she dealt with the media attention and criticism she received for \u003ci\u003eBlack Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published when she was just twenty-seven years old; and her relationship with her family, especially her mother, the well-known artist Faith Ringgold. The many articles devoted to black visual culture range from the historical tragedy of the Hottentot Venus, an African woman displayed as a curiosity in nineteenth-century Europe, to films that sexualize the black body--such as \u003ci\u003eWatermelon Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParis Is Burning\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether writing about the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, rap music, the Million Man March, Toshi Reagon, multiculturalism, Marlon Riggs, or a nativity play in Bedford Stuyvesant, Wallace is a bold, incisive critic. \u003ci\u003eDark Designs and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e brings the scope of her career and thought into sharp focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822334135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822334132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.54w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2005 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 15 - Recommended\/Special Interest\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 106\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michele Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947348984063,"sku":"9780822334132","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c7acf46a-dcb2-4033-83da-75c6992ad339.jpg?v=1681518195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-designs-and-visual-culture-michele-wallace-9780822334132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}