The first monographic study of the painter Agostino Brunias, this book offers a compelling, original analysis of his representation of race in the British colonial West Indies, reconsidering the way in which the artist's oeuvre has previously been understood.
The first monographic study of the painter Agostino Brunias, this book offers a compelling, original analysis of his representation of race in the British colonial West Indies, reconsidering the way in which the artist's oeuvre has previously been understood.
Mia L. Bagneris is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Art History and Director of the Africana Studies Program at Tulane University.
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Introduction 1 Brunias's tarred brush, or painting Indians black: race ing the Carib divide 2 Merry and contented slaves and other island myths: representing Africans and Afro Creoles in the Anglo American world 3 Brown skinned booty, or colonising Diana: mixed race Venuses and Vixens as the fruits of imperial enterprise 4 Can you find the white woman in this picture? Agostino Brunias's 'ladies' of ambiguous race Coda Pushing Brunias's buttons, or re branding the plantocracy's painter: the afterlife of Brunias's imagery Index
Introduction 1 Brunias's tarred brush, or painting Indians black: race ing the Carib divide 2 Merry and contented slaves and other island myths: representing Africans and Afro Creoles in the Anglo American world 3 Brown skinned booty, or colonising Diana: mixed race Venuses and Vixens as the fruits of imperial enterprise 4 Can you find the white woman in this picture? Agostino Brunias's 'ladies' of ambiguous race Coda Pushing Brunias's buttons, or re branding the plantocracy's painter: the afterlife of Brunias's imagery Index
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