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No Space Hidden : Spirit African American Yard Work by Judith M. Mcwillie and Grey Gundaker (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Tennessee Press
ISBN-101572333561
ISBN-139781572333567
eBay Product ID (ePID)30765443
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNo Space Hidden : Spirit African American Yard Work
Publication Year2005
SubjectFolk & Outsider Art, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Social Science
AuthorJudith M. Mcwillie, Grey Gundaker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-010751
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.4708996
SynopsisWinner of the 2006 James Mooney Award Dating from their earliest habitation in North America, people of African descent have used visual and material means to express their ethical values and their beliefs about the intersecting worlds of matter and spirit. In No Space Hidden, Grey Gundaker and Judith McWillie combine oral testimony, firsthand documentation of sites and artworks, insightful analysis, and over two hundred photographs to explore African American devotional arts centered in homes and domestic landscapes. Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton's well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness that African Americans have created in and near their homes. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers' own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a "lexicon" of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art - including the all-seeing eye of the "diamond star," the reflective surfaces that invoke divinity, and the watcher figures that represent messengers of judgment and authority - and then show how such elements have been incorporated into various individual works and, most important, what they mean to the practitioners themselves. As the authors point out, a remarkable consistency is apparent in the goals of those who create these works: service to God, justice on earth, and community improvement are chief among their aims. In illuminating these goals and documenting their expression through specific cultural practices, No Space Hidden makes invaluable contributions to our understanding of African American religion, art, folklore, and material life. Grey Gundaker is an associate professor of anthropology and American studies at the College of William and Mary. Her books include Signs of Diaspora/Diaspora of Signs: Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America and Keep Your Head to the Sky: Interpreting African American Home Ground (coedited with Tynes Cowan). Judith M. McWillie is a painter and chair of the Department of Drawing and Painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She has written articles for such journals as Artforum and for various anthologies, including The Art of William Edmondson and How Sweet the Sound: The Spirit of African American History., Winner of the 2006 James Mooney Award Dating from their earliest habitation in North America, people of African descent have used visual and material means to express their ethical values and their beliefs about the intersecting worlds of matter and spirit. In No Space Hidden, Grey Gundaker and Judith McWillie combine oral testimony, firsthand documentation of sites and artworks, insightful analysis, and over two hundred photographs to explore African American devotional arts centered in homes and domestic landscapes. Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton s well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness that African Americans have created in and near their homes. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a lexicon of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art including the all-seeing eye of the diamond star, the reflective surfaces that invoke divinity, and the watcher figures that represent messengers of judgment and authority and then show how such elements have been incorporated into various individual works and, most important, what they mean to the practitioners themselves. As the authors point out, a remarkable consistency is apparent in the goals of those who create these works: service to God, justice on earth, and community improvement are chief among their aims. In illuminating these goals and documenting their expression through specific cultural practices, No Space Hidden makes invaluable contributions to our understanding of African American religion, art, folklore, and material life. Grey Gundaker is an associate professor of anthropology and American studies at the College of William and Mary. Her books include Signs of Diaspora/Diaspora of Signs: Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America and Keep Your Head to the Sky: Interpreting African American Home Ground (coedited with Tynes Cowan). Judith M. McWillie is a painter and chair of the Department of Drawing and Painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She has written articles for such journals as Artforum and for various anthologies, including The Art of William Edmondson and How Sweet the Sound: The Spirit of African American History.", Dating from their earliest habitation in North America, people of African descent have used visual and material means to express their ethical values and their beliefs about the intersecting worlds of matter and spirit. In No Space Hidden, Grey Gundaker and Judith McWillie combine oral testimony, firsthand documentation of sites and artworks, insightful analysis, and over two hundred photographs to explore African American devotional arts centered in homes and domestic landscapes. Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton's well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness that African Americans have created in and near their homes. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers' own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a "lexicon" of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art--including the all-seeing eye of the "diamond star," the reflective surfaces that invoke divinity, and the watcher figures that represent messenger of judgment and authority--and then show how such elements have been incorporated into various individual works and, most important, what they mean to the practitioners themselves. As the authors point out, a remarkable consistency is apparent in the goals of those who create these works: service to God, justice on earth, andcommunity improvement are chief among their aims. In illuminating these goals and documenting their expression through specific cultural practices, No Space Hidden makes invaluable contributions to our understanding of African American religion, art, folklore, and material life.
LC Classification NumberE185.86.G76 2004
