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Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture
March 14, 2009
Richard Powell professor, Duke University

Dr. Richard J. Powell discusses his new book, Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture. He examines the distinctive nature of modern and contemporary portraits of people of African descent. He shows that these images can be viewed as a category of portraiture that differs significantly from depictions of people with other racial and ethnic backgrounds.

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Image of Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture
Author: Richard J. Powell
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 296 pages
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