Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
- ISBN-10
- 019516721X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195167214
- Category
- African American art
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Lisa E. Farrington
Description
Explores how African American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can be, are, and might be presented in American culture by weaving together artists, styles, and periods.
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