Painting the gospel :: black public art and religion in Chicago /

"Innovative and lavishly illustrated, 'Painting the Gospel' offers an indispensable contribution to conversations about African American art, theology, politics, and identity in Chicago. Kymberly N. Pinder escorts readers on an eye-opening odyssey to the murals, stained glass, and scu...

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1. Verfasser: Pinder, Kymberly N. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Schriftenreihe:New Black studies series.
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Zusammenfassung:"Innovative and lavishly illustrated, 'Painting the Gospel' offers an indispensable contribution to conversations about African American art, theology, politics, and identity in Chicago. Kymberly N. Pinder escorts readers on an eye-opening odyssey to the murals, stained glass, and sculptures dotting the city's African American churches and neighborhoods. Moving from Chicago's oldest black Christ figure to contemporary religious street art, [she] explores ideas like blackness in public, art for black communities, and the relationship of Afrocentric art to Black Liberation Theology. She also focuses attention on art excluded from scholarship due to racial or religious particularity. Throughout, she reflects on the myriad ways private black identities assert public and political goals through imagery"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252098086
0252098080

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