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  | | Vanishing and Other Stories(1st Edition) (P.S.) by Dr Deborah Willis Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-200752-0, ISBN: 0-06-200752-1 " A French teacher who collects fiancÉs; a fortune-teller who fails to predict the heartbreak of her own daughter; an aging cowboy seduced by a city girl . . . these are some of the unforgettable people who live in these pages. In Vanishing and Other Stories, secrets are both kept and unearthed, and lives are shaped by missing lovers, parents, and children. With wisdom and dexterity, moments of dark humor, and a remark- able economy of ..." |
 | | Out Fashion Photography(Illustrated) by Deborah Willis Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99251-8, ISBN: 0-295-99251-4 "Out [o] Fashion Photography: Embracing Beauty investigates the transformative experience of the photograph. In this book Deborah Willis explores historical perceptions of beauty and desire through artistic and ethnographic imagery and the role individual photographers play in constructing ways of seeing. Through the themes of idealized beauty, the unfashionable body, the gendered image, and photography as memory, Willis challenges and m ..." |
 | | A Small Nation of People(1st Edition) W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress by David Levering Lewis, Deborah Willis, David Livering, Daniel Murray Collection Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Amistad ISBN-13: 978-0-06-052342-8, ISBN: 0-06-052342-5 "As the world prepared for the Exposition Universalle de 1900 in Paris, W. E. B. Du Bois was approached to help represent African American life. He came with a cache of stunning photographs to illustrate the progress of Negroes in America -- thereby offering a photographic counterpoint to the prolific stereotyping of blacks that left viewers awestruck.With insights from Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis and Mac-Arthur Fellow pho ..." |
 | | The Black Civil War Soldier A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship: 11 (NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis) by Deborah Willis Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2021 by New York University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-0900-4, ISBN: 1-4798-0900-4 "... Rujeko Hockley, Zenzele Ruth Hockley Thomas, Melvina Lathan, and my ninety- eight- year- old mom, Ruth Holman Willis, who listened over the years and helped me create the broad stories of the Civil War. I thank Hank's steadfast interest ..." |
 | | Envisioning Emancipation(Reprint) Black Americans and the End of Slavery by Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0986-7, ISBN: 1-4399-0986-5 "The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we commemorate its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery?In their pioneering book, Envisioning Emancipation, renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis and historian of slavery Barbara Krauthamer have amassed 150 photographs—some never before published—from the antebellum days of the 1850s through the ..." |
 | | Let Your Motto Be Resistance African American Portraits by Deborah Willis, Marc Pachter, Kirsten P. Buick, Cheryl Finley, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by Smithsonian Books ISBN-13: 978-1-58834-246-1, ISBN: 1-58834-246-8 "This stunning collection of photographic portraits traces US history through the lives of well-known abolitionists, artists, scientists, writers, statesman, entertainers, and sports figures. Drawing on the photographic collections of the National Portrait Gallery, author Deborah Willis explores how these images--many by famous photographers--reveal the nation's history through an African American lens and challenge us all to uphold Amer ..." |
 | | Picturing Us African American Identity in Photography by Deborah Willis Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1995 by New Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-107-9, ISBN: 1-56584-107-7 "A study of African American identity is the creation of an expert on African-American photography who asked writers, critics, and filmmakers to select a photograph of personal or historical significance and "read" it for insights into the black experience." |
 | | To Make Their Own Way in the World The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes (Hardback) by Ilisa Barbash, Molly Rogers, Deborah Willis Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2020 by Aperture 2020-09-24, New York, Ny ISBN-13: 978-1-59711-478-3, ISBN: 1-59711-478-2 "Multidisciplinary, deeply collaborative, and with more than two hundred illustrations, including new photography by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems, this book frames the Zealy daguerreotypes as works of urgent contemporary inquiry." |
 | | Posing Beauty(1st Edition) African American Images from the 1890s to the Present by Deborah Willis Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06696-8, ISBN: 0-393-06696-7 "Long overlooked in American culture, African American beauty finally get its due in this landmark work. As a student in the 1970s, Deborah Willis came to the realization that images of black beauty, female and male, simply did not exist in the larger culture. Determined to redress this imbalance, Willis examined everything from vintage ladies’ journals to black newspapers, and started what would become a lifelong quest. With more than t ..." |
 | | Family, History, and Memory(1st Edition) Recording African-American Life by Deborah Willis Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Hylas Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-59258-086-6, ISBN: 1-59258-086-6 "MARGARET STRATTON Margaret Stratton, a Chicago-based artist, examines the social-behavioral patterns of the middle-class American family, using her own family to show how women, especially mothers and daughters, collect, wear, use, preserve, and display personal and household objects. She provides us with a biographical ... Inventory of My Mother's House is a photographic installation of 190 photographs of objects in her parents' h ..." |
 | | Malevolent Nurture(1st Edition) Witch-Hunting and Maternal Power in Early Modern England by Deborah Willis, Cornell University Press Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 1995 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-8194-9, ISBN: 0-8014-8194-5 "Why were women far more likely than men to be executed for witchcraft in the early modern period? Questioning approaches that focus narrowly on the male role in witch-hunting in England and Scotland, Deborah Willis examines the fact that women were also frequently the accusers.Willis draws on the strengths of feminist, new historicist, and psychoanalytic criticism and on such primary sources as legal documents, pamphlet literature, reli ..." |
 | | Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis Hardcover, Published 2023 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-80081-757-9, ISBN: 1-80081-757-6 |
 | | Kwame Brathwaite(1st Edition) Black Is Beautiful by Kwame Brathwaite, Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2019 by Aperture ISBN-13: 978-1-59711-443-1, ISBN: 1-59711-443-X "“From Beyoncé to Barack Obama, it’s hard to think of a black figure who does not owe their prominence, in some measure, to the ethos of ‘Black is Beautiful’” —Ekow Eshun, Financial Times In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the political slogan “Black Is Beautiful.” This monograph―the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career―tells the story of a key, but under-reco ..." |
 | | Envisioning Emancipation(1st Edition) Black Americans and the End of Slavery by Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0985-0, ISBN: 1-4399-0985-7 "The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we approach its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery? In their pioneering book, Envisioning Emancipation, renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis and historian of slavery Barbara Krauthamer have amassed 150 photographs - some never before published - from the antebellum days of the 1850s through th ..." |
 | | Harlem(1st Edition) A Century in Images by Thelma Golden, Deborah Willis, Cheryl Finley, Elizabeth Alexander, Finley Willis Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Skira Rizzoli ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-3335-1, ISBN: 0-8478-3335-6 "A century of Harlem, through the eyes and lenses of some of the most important artists and photographers of the twentieth century. The vibrant and bustling neighborhood occupying the upper reaches of Manhattan has been at the crossroads of the artistic, literary, and political currents of the African-American community since the early days of the twentieth century.Home to writers and revolutionaries, artists and agitators, Harlem has be ..." |
 | | Small Towns, Black Lives(1st Edition) African American Communities in Southern New Jersey by Wendel A. White, Deborah Willis, Stedman Graham, Clement Alexander Price Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2003 by Noyes Museum Of Art ISBN-13: 978-0-9723951-0-6, ISBN: 0-9723951-0-5 "A single photographic print may be "news", a "portrait," "art," or, "documentary," or any of these, all of them, or none. Among the tools of social science graphs, statistics, maps, and text documentation by photograph now is assuming place. Dorothea Lange, 1940 The photographs in Wendel White’s Small Towns, Black Lives are the kinds of hybrids Lange described and anticipated in her statement. The exhibition and book form a personal ..." |
 | | Visual Journal Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties by Deborah Willis-Thomas, Jane Lusaka, Gordon Parks, Morgan Smith, Marvin Smith, Robert H. Mcneill, Robert S. Scurlock, Deborah Willis, Claudine K. Brown Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1996 by Smithsonian ISBN-13: 978-1-56098-691-1, ISBN: 1-56098-691-3 "Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties encourages each of us to look back at a moment in history when American blacks believed in the American dream. They pursued the dream, fought for the right to participate in the democratic process, mourned their losses, celebrated their victories, and created new visions for a brighter future. Claudine K. Brown Director of Arts Nathan Cummings Foundation Former Project Dir ..." |
 | | All Power Visual Legacies of the Black Panther Party by Deborah Willis, Rene´ De Guzman, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Negarra A. Kudumu Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2016 by Minor Matters Books, Seattle, Wa ISBN-13: 978-0-9906036-7-2, ISBN: 0-9906036-7-9 |
 | | Black Venus 2010 They Called Her "Hottentot" (Hardback) by Deborah Willis, Temple University Press, Carla Williams Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Temple University Press,U.S. ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0204-2, ISBN: 1-4399-0204-6 "As a young South African woman of about twenty, Saartjie Baartman, the so-called OC Hottentot Venus, OCO was brought to London and placed on exhibit in 1810. Clad in the Victorian equivalent of a body stocking, and paraded through the streets and on stage in a cage she became a human spectacle in London and Paris. BaartmanOCOs distinctive physique became the object of ridicule, curiosity, scientific inquiry, and desire until and after h ..." |
 | | Black Venus 2010 They Called Her "Hottentot" by Deborah Willis, Carla Williams Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0205-9, ISBN: 1-4399-0205-4 "As a young South African woman of about twenty, Saartjie Baartman, the so-called "Hottentot Venus," was brought to London and placed on exhibit in 1810. Clad in the Victorian equivalent of a body stocking, and paraded through the streets and on stage in a cage she became a human spectacle in London and Paris. Baartman's distinctive physique became the object of ridicule, curiosity, scientific inquiry, and desire until and after her prem ..." |
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