A groundswell of complex events around the globe have made discussion surrounding the Western Eurocentric, often prejudiced notion of \u00bbBlackness\u00ab even more relevant and controversial in recent years. Social conflicts in Western societies that were long thought to have been overcome \u2014 such as those in the United States, for example \u2014 have sparked new awareness among members of the Black community and simultaneously brought the idea of a global, polyphonic Black culture (the \u00bbBlack Atlantic\u00ab) to the fore. Coined in the year 1993 by British sociologist Paul Gilroy his book \u00bbThe Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness\u00ab is considered a key work of contemporary research on the culture and politics of the african diaspora in the western world. Black culture is community-building, questions colonial amnesia and calls for a radical rethinking of our Western societies. All too often, Black artists have been regarded one-dimensionally as representatives of their community, a factor that has contributed to their marginalization. This publication aims to show a range of artistic positions that address issues relevant to society, including the complexity of identities, the ambivalence of visibility and transparency, and the repression of history in educational settings, to name just a few. Though the works can be considered against the historical background of the \u00bbBlack Atlantic\u00ab, they also point far beyond it in terms of both form and content.<\/p>\n
TEXTS: Roberto Conduru, Katja Gentric, Isabelle Graw, El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Barbara Vinken, Christoph Singler, Kathleen Rahn and Sergey Harutoonian<\/p>\n
Format: Hardback | 98 pages
\nDimensions: 220 x 280 x 15.24mm | 680.39g
\nPublication date: 13 Apr 2021
\nPublisher: Verlag fur Moderne Kunst
\nLanguage: English and German
\nIllustrations note: 55 colour
\nISBN13: 9783903320840<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45887,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"afm_hide_title":false,"_afm_post_new_title":"","afm_terms_sep_product_language":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_post_translations":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_brand":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_type":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_visibility":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_cat":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_tag":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_shipping_class":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_pos_product_visibility":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_pa_cindy-sherman-art-bag":", "},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[173],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25079","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-3106-anskaffede-boker","7":"product_shipping_class-div-product","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","yoast_head":"\n