{"product_id":"the-content-of-our-caricature-african-american-comic-art-and-political-belonging-9781479840083","title":"The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraces the history of racial caricature and the ways that Black cartoonists have turned this visual grammar on its head\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing the long aesthetic tradition of African American cartoonists who have made use of racist caricature as a black diasporic art practice, Rebecca Wanzo demonstrates how these artists have resisted histories of visual imperialism and their legacies. Moving beyond binaries of positive and negative representation, many black cartoonists have used caricatures to criticize constructions of ideal citizenship in the United States, as well as the alienation of African Americans from such imaginaries. \u003ci\u003eThe Content of Our Caricature \u003c\/i\u003eurges readers to recognize how the wide circulation of comic and cartoon art contributes to a common language of both national belonging and exclusion in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorically, white artists have rendered white caricatures as virtuous representations of American identity, while their caricatures of African Americans are excluded from these kinds of idealized discourses. Employing a rich illustration program of color and black-and-white reproductions, Wanzo explores the works of artists such as Sam Milai, Larry Fuller, Richard \"Grass\" Green, Brumsic Brandon Jr., Jennifer Crut , Aaron McGruder, Kyle Baker, Ollie Harrington, and George Herriman, all of whom negotiate and navigate this troublesome history of caricature. \u003ci\u003eThe Content of Our Caricature \u003c\/i\u003earrives at a gateway to understanding how a visual grammar of citizenship, and hence American identity itself, has been constructed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wanzo, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479840083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Rebecca Wanzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32748901662795,"sku":"9781479840083","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a4f1751e-70fb-4b39-80b7-87b390ea6854.jpg?v=1597776598","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-content-of-our-caricature-african-american-comic-art-and-political-belonging-9781479840083","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}