Online Reference Sources
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Offers over 1,000 full-text reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, atlases, thesauri) that cover a broad scope of subject areas. Image types include charts, diagrams, graphs, illustrations, maps, photos.
A NOTE ON SUBJECT HEADINGS
Libraries organize and classify books under subject headings. Sometimes these subject headings are simple: for example, Architecture or Cooking. When it comes to changing areas of study, especially ones with shifting vocabularies, it gets a bit more complicated. Over the last few decades, librarians have worked to change this system from the inside, advocating for updates to antiquated and offensive subject headings. As one example, the "illegal alien" subject heading was recently changed to "undocumented immigrant."
These links will take you to some major subject headings related to this course, but please keep in mind that they are in flux and imperfect. If you're looking for further reading on issues in library classification, start here.
African Diaspora
African American Art
African American Arts
African American Artists
African American Cartoonists
African American Architects
etc ... you can essentially try any word at the end.
Black Arts Movement
Black Artists (differs slightly from African American artists, often used for people of non-American citizenship)
Reference Books
Reference books can be found directly across from the library entrance on the low shelves. Say hello to student workers at the Research Help desk if you'd like any assistance.
Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience / editors, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Call Number: RISD Reference DT14 .A37435 2005
Tracing memory : a glossary of graphic signs and symbols in African art and culture / Clémentine M. Faik-NzujiCall Number: RISD Reference N7380 .F34 1996
Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art / written and compiled by Melanie Keen and Elizabeth WardCall Number: RISD Reference N6768 .K44 1996
Twentieth-century African-American writers and artists / Chester M. Hedgepeth, Jr.Call Number: RISD Reference NX512.3.A35 H43 1991
African-American architects : a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945 / edited by Dreck Spurlock WilsonCall Number: RISD Reference NA736 .A47 2004
Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults / edited by Barbara Thrash Murphy, Deborah L. MurphyCall Number: RISD Reference Z1037 .M87 2014
The art of Black American women : works of twenty-four artists of the twentieth century / by Robert HenkesCall Number: RISD Reference N6538.N5 H45 1993
An illustrated bio-bibliography of Black photographers, 1940-1988 / Deborah Willis-ThomasCall Number: RISD Reference TR139 .W55 1989
COURSE READINGS & OTHER BOOKS
These are normally available for checkout (reserves must be requested at the front desk).
African-American art : a visual and cultural history / Lisa FarringtonCall Number: RISD MAIN N6538.N5 F265 2017
Creating their own image : the history of African-American women artists / Lisa E. FarringtonCall Number: N6538.N5 F27 2005
Transatlantic dialogue : contemporary art in and out of Africa / Michael D. Harris ; with an additional essay by Moyo OkedijiCall Number: RISD MAIN N6538.N5 H37 1999
Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy / Robert Farris ThompsonCall Number: RISD MAIN E29.N3 T48 1984
A history of art in Africa / Monica Blackmun Visonà, Robin Poynor, Herbert M. ColeCall Number: RISD MAIN N7380 .H54 2008
The Afro-American tradition in decorative arts / John Michael VlachCall Number: RISD STORAGE N6538.N5 V57 1978
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Migrating the Black body : the African diaspora and visual culture / edited by Leigh Raiford and Heike Raphael-HernandezCall Number: RISD MAIN N8232 .M54 2017
Travel & see : Black diaspora art practices since the 1980s / Kobena MercerCall Number: RISD MAIN N8232 .M48 2016
Visualising slavery : art across the African diaspora / edited by Celeste-Marie Bernier and Hannah DurkinCall Number: RISD MAIN N8243.S576 V57 2016