The Black Aesthetic
- ISBN-10
- 0385069510
- ISBN-13
- 9780385069519
- Category
- Philosophy / Aesthetics
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- Addison Gayle
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