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The African Lookbook

A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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The African Lookbook

A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

By: Catherine E. McKinley

Winner of the African Photobook of the Year Award A Choice Outstanding Title of the Year A USA Today "Must-Read for Black History Month" An NPR "Goats and Soda" Editors' Pick A BookRiot Favorite Nonfiction Book of the Year An unprecedented visual history of African women told in striking and subversive historical photographs-featuring an Introduction by Edwidge Danticat and a Foreword by Jacqueline Woodson. Most of us grew up with images of African women that were purely anthropological-bright displays of exotica where the deeper personhood seemed tucked away. Or they were chronicles of war and poverty-“poverty porn.” But now, curator Catherine E. McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history spanning a hundred-year arc (1870–1970) of what is among the earliest photography on the continent. These images tell a different story of African women: how deeply cosmopolitan and modern they are in their style; how they were able to reclaim the tools of the colonial oppression that threatened their selfhood and livelihoods. Featuring works by celebrated African masters, African studios of local legend, and anonymous artists, The African Lookbook captures the dignity, playfulness, austerity, grandeur, and fantasy-making of African women across centuries. McKinley also features photos by Europeans-most starkly, striking nudes-revealing the relationships between white men and the Black female sitters where, at best, a grave power imbalance lies. It's a bittersweet truth that when there is exploitation there can also be profound resistance expressed in unexpected ways-even if it's only in gazing back. These photos tell the story of how the sewing machine and the camera became powerful tools for women's self-expression, revealing a truly glorious display of everyday beauty.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1620403544

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9781620403549

Indigo

In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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Indigo

In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

A history of the rare pigment discusses its significance in everything from colonialism and slavery to fashion and religion, describing the mysterious scientific process through which it is obtained and the ways in which the author's own family was profoundly influenced by the indigo trade. 35,000 first printing.

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1608195058

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9781608195053

Indigo

In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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Indigo

In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

For almost five millennia, in every culture and in every major religion, indigo-a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shrub through a complex process that even scientists still regard as mysterious-has been at the center of turbulent human encounters. Indigo is the story of this precious dye and its ancient heritage: its relationship to slavery as the "hidden half" of the transatlantic slave trade, its profound influence on fashion, and its spiritual significance, which is little recognized but no less alive today. It is an untold story, brimming with rich, electrifying tales of those who shaped the course of colonial history and a world economy. But Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley is the descendant of a clan of Scots who wore indigo tartan as their virile armor; the kin of several generations of Jewish "rag traders"; the maternal granddaughter of a Massachusetts textile factory owner; and the paternal granddaughter of African slaves-her ancestors were traded along the same Saharan routes as indigo, where a length of blue cotton could purchase human life. McKinley's journey in search of beauty and her own history ultimately leads her to a new and satisfying path, to finally "taste life." With its four-color photo insert and sumptuous design, Indigo will be as irresistible to look at as it is to read.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608195899

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9781608195893

Indigo

In Search of the Colour that Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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Indigo

In Search of the Colour that Seduced the World

By: Catherine E. McKinley

Indigo is the rich, electrifying history of a precious dye: its relationship to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, its profound influence on fashion, and its spiritual significance - all very much alive today. But it is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley's ancestors include a clan of Scots who wore indigo tartan, several generations of Jewish 'rag traders' and Massachusetts textile factory owners, and African slaves who were traded along the same Saharan routes as indigo. Her journey takes her to nine West African countries and is resplendent with powerful lessons of heritage and history which shape the way she understands her world at home.

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A&C Black

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1408822369

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9781408822364

The African Lookbook

A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

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Book of Sarahs

A Family in Parts

By: Catherine E. McKinley

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Book of Sarahs

A Family in Parts

By: Catherine E. McKinley

Catherine McKinley was one of the African-American children adopted by white couples in the late 1960s. In an era shaped by the rhetoric of Black Power and Black Pride, this book traces McKinley's own time of revelations as she challenges readers to rethink their own preconceptions about race, identity, kinship, loyalty, and love.

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Counterpoint

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1582432899

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