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In open contempt : confronting White supremacy in art and public space / Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Summary:

"A stirring journey into the soul of a fractured America that confronts the enduring specter of white supremacy in our art, monuments, and public spaces"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593299159
  • ISBN: 0593299159
  • Physical Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York] : Viking, [2025]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Losers and trophies -- Plantation visitations -- 1811 Street -- A lesson before dying -- "Have you seen our sisters?" -- Captain Blackman -- A day in the life of chains -- The deities of water and canebrake -- Open caskets -- Retold in present tense -- Epilogue: "art makes better humans".
Subject:
Racism and the arts > United States.
Arts and society > United States.
White supremacy (Social structure) > United States.

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