Tropical aesthetics of black modernism
/ Samantha A. Noel
- Duke University Press; 2021
- 250p; 23x15cm
In Tropical Aesthetics of Black Modernism, Samantha A. Noël investigates how Black Caribbean and American artists of the early twentieth century responded to and challenged colonial and other white-dominant regimes through tropicalist representation. With depictions of tropical scenery and landscapes situated throughout the African diaspora, performances staged in tropical settings.