The Story of Black

Informationen zum Autor John Harvey is a novelist and critic. He taught for the Cambridge English Faculty from 1974, and in 2000 became University Reader in Literature and Visual Culture. He is a Life Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is the author of Men in Black (Reaktion, 1997) and The Story of Black (Reaktion, 2013). Klappentext As a colour! black is a single hue. It comes in no other shades. But despite its commonly accepted role as one half of a pair! in symbolic terms black envelops the entire spectrum of meaning. The Story of Black explores the ambiguous relationship the world's cultures have had with this often self-contradictory colour Zusammenfassung The Story of Black explores the ambiguous relationship the world’s cultures have had with this often self-contradictory colour, examining how black has been used as a tool and a metaphor in a multitude of startling ways.

Product details

• Authors: Harvey, J R Harvey, John Harvey, J R Harvey
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781780235110
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-511-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Cultural Studies, ART / Techniques / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Art techniques & principles, Literary theory, The Arts: techniques and principles