Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
Introduction : claiming middle ground -- Seeking success : school, society, and career aspirations -- Routes to roots : from Black Washington to Black Paris -- Diasporic directions : Haiti, collage, and composite aesthetics -- In and out : Africa and the academy -- Conclusion : composite naming practices and art histories.
"A critical analysis of the art and career of African American painter Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998). Examines Jones's engagement with African and Afrodiasporic themes as well as the challenges she faced as a black woman artist"--