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March 01 2011
Youth Culture, Diasporic Aesthetics, and the Art of Being Seen in the Bahamas
Krista A. Thompson
Krista A. Thompson
Krista Thompson is associate professor of art history at Northwestern University and the author of An Eye for the Tropics (2006). Her work has appeared in American Art, Art Bulletin, Small Axe, and The Drama Review. She is working on a book on light and visual practices in the African diaspora (forthcoming from Duke University Press).
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Krista A. Thompson
Krista Thompson is associate professor of art history at Northwestern University and the author of An Eye for the Tropics (2006). Her work has appeared in American Art, Art Bulletin, Small Axe, and The Drama Review. She is working on a book on light and visual practices in the African diaspora (forthcoming from Duke University Press).
Online ISSN: 1937-2108
Print ISSN: 0001-9933
© 2011 by the Regents of the University of California.
2011
African Arts (2011) 44 (1): 26–39.
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Krista A. Thompson; Youth Culture, Diasporic Aesthetics, and the Art of Being Seen in the Bahamas. African Arts 2011; 44 (1): 26–39. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2011.44.1.26
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