
Position as Desired
Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection
Wedge Curatorial Projects (Publisher)
Published on 14. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-9783370-1-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume broaches the complicated topic of black identity in a multicultural and diasporic country: Canada. The stories of African Canadians have been interwoven into the history of Canadian society for over 150 years, yet their presence in its dominant narratives remains marginal. Drawing on photographs from the Wedge Collection, Position as Desired reflects on what it means to be African Canadian. It includes depictions of largely unknown or uncelebrated African individuals in Canada as well as works that celebrate the growth and diversity of the African Canadian community today. A selection of works by photographers Buseje Bailey, Michael Chambers, Stella Fakiyesi, and David Zapparoli, all of whom established their practice in the 1990s, present overt assertions of African Canadian identity, and four emerging photographers--Christina Leslie, Megan Morgan, Dawit L. Petros and Stacey Tyrella--continue the conversation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
71 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9783370-1-8 (9780978337018)
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