Child of the fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the problem of art history's black and Indian subject

Abstract

Illustrations xi Preface. Framing the Problem: American Africanisms, American Indianisms, and the Processes of Art History xiii Acknowledgments xxiii 1. Inventing the Artist: Locating the Black and Catholic Subject 1 2. The Problem of Art History's Black Subject 31 3. Longellow, Lewis, and the Cultural Work of Hiawatha 77 4. Identity, Tautology, and The Death of Cleopatra 133 Conclusion. Separate and Unequal: Toward a More Responsive and Responsible Art History 209 Notes 215 Bibliography 257 Index 277