Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds

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BOOKArt and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His WorldsTim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00018 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18620Copy Coinciding with the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade, this multi-disciplinary volume chronicles the iconography of sugar, slavery, and the topography of Jamaica from the beginning of British rule in 1655 to the aftermath of emancipation in the 1840s. Focusing on the visual and material culture of slavery and emancipation in Jamaica, it offers new perspectives on art, music, and performance in Afro-Jamaican society and on the Jewish diaspora in the Caribbean. Central to the book is Sketches of Character (1837–38)—a remarkable series of lithographs by the Jewish Jamaican artist Isaac Mendes Belisario—the earliest visual representation of the masquerade form Jonkonnu. Innovative scholarship traces the West African roots of Jonkonnu through its evolution in Jamaica and continuing transformation today; offers a unique portrait of Jamaican culture at a pivotal historical moment; and provides a new model for interpreting the visual culture of empire.AuthorTim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Barbaro Martinez-RuizPublisherYale Center for British ArtPrint publication date December 2007 (out of print)Print ISBN 9780300116618EISBN 9780300248067Copyright© Yale University, 2007Illustrations 440Print Status out of print Publisher (out of print) WorldCat Google Books

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