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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808917503321

Autore

Lemke Sieglinde

Titolo

Primitivist modernism : black culture and the origins of transatlantic modernism / / Sieglinde Lemke [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771556-7

1-280-45254-4

1-4237-3459-9

0-19-534454-5

1-60256-638-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

W.E.B. DuBois Institute.

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

700/.4112/08996

Soggetti

Modernism (Art) - Europe

Arts, European

Modernism (Art) - United States

Arts, American

Arts, Black - Influence

African American arts - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p165-174. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Was Modernism Passing?; 1 Studies in Black and White; 2 Picasso's ""Dusty Manikins""; 3 Whiteman's Jazz; 4 The Black Body; 5 The Black Book; Conclusion: Modernism Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Offering an account of modernism, this text focuses on cubism, primitivist-modernism, jazz, and Josephine Baker's performance, demonstrating that black art exerted a crucial if masked presence in both Euro-American high art and popular culture.