Shine : the visual economy of light in African diasporic aesthetic practice
Thompson, Krista A., 1972-2015
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In Jamaican dance halls, competition for the video camera's light is stiff, so much so that dancers sometimes bleach their skin to enhance their visibility. In the Bahamas, tuxedoed students roll into prom in tricked-out sedans, staging grand red-carpet entrances that are designed to ensure they are seen being photographed. Throughout the United States and Jamaica friends pose in front of hand-painted backgrounds of Tupac, flashy cars, or brand-name products popularized in hip-hop culture in countless makeshift roadside photography studios. And visual artists such as Kehinde Wiley remix the aesthetic of Western artists with hip-hop culture in their portraiture. In this book, Krista Thompson examines these and other photographic practices in the Caribbean and United States, arguing that performing for the camera is more important than the final image itself.
Main title:
Shine : the visual economy of light in African diasporic aesthetic practice / Krista Thompson.
Author:
Thompson, Krista A., 1972-, author
Imprint:
Durham : Duke University Press, [2015]
Collation:
xviii, 348 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780822358077 (pbk)
Dewey class:
302.222
Local class:
AR.3/THO
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1726845