{"product_id":"the-image-of-the-black-david-bindman-9780674248878","title":"The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, some twelve million of whom were forcibly imported into the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. This second volume explores the period from the final abolition of slavery in Brazil and Cuba in the nineteenth century through the independence of the Caribbean islands to the present day. The images and essays here reveal the damaging legacy of colonialism and slavery and the vigorous efforts of Afrodescendant artists to assert their identity in the face of prejudice and denial. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese volumes complement the vision of Dominique and Jean de Menil, art patrons who, during the 1960s, founded an archive to collect images depicting the myriad ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art from the ancient world to modern times. \u003ci\u003eThe Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art\u003c\/i\u003e continues the de Menil family's original mission and brings to the fore a renewed focus on a rich and understudied area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bindman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674248872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674248878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hutchins Center for African and African Ameri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Bindman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489656787199,"sku":"9780674248878","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d03c03a7-c63a-4571-8f57-7fdcea733134.jpg?v=1736954192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-image-of-the-black-david-bindman-9780674248878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}