Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where he has taught since 1989. His publications include: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism; Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture; Going There: Black Visual Satire; and Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson. From 2007 until 2010, Powell was Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin.

• Introduction: The Dark Centre 1. Art, Culture and “the Souls of Black Folk” 2. Enter and Exit the “New Negro” 3. The Cult of the People 4. Pride, Assimilation, and Dreams5. “Black is a Colour”6. Culture as Currency 7. Through a Glass, Diasporally8. Fin-de-Siècle Blues 9. The Price of Blackness Bibliographical Notes Select Bibliography and SourcesList of Illustrations 00 Index

'With this new edition, the formidable Powell has achieved something that seemed impossible: making this landmark book more indispensable than ever' - Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City

Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where he has taught since 1989. His publications include: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism; Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture; Going There: Black Visual Satire; and Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson. From 2007 until 2010, Powell was Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin.

• Introduction: The Dark Centre 1. Art, Culture and “the Souls of Black Folk” 2. Enter and Exit the “New Negro” 3. The Cult of the People 4. Pride, Assimilation, and Dreams5. “Black is a Colour”6. Culture as Currency 7. Through a Glass, Diasporally8. Fin-de-Siècle Blues 9. The Price of Blackness Bibliographical Notes Select Bibliography and SourcesList of Illustrations 00 Index

'With this new edition, the formidable Powell has achieved something that seemed impossible: making this landmark book more indispensable than ever' - Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City

Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where he has taught since 1989. His publications include: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism; Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture; Going There: Black Visual Satire; and Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson. From 2007 until 2010, Powell was Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin.

• Introduction: The Dark Centre 1. Art, Culture and “the Souls of Black Folk” 2. Enter and Exit the “New Negro” 3. The Cult of the People 4. Pride, Assimilation, and Dreams5. “Black is a Colour”6. Culture as Currency 7. Through a Glass, Diasporally8. Fin-de-Siècle Blues 9. The Price of Blackness Bibliographical Notes Select Bibliography and SourcesList of Illustrations 00 Index

'With this new edition, the formidable Powell has achieved something that seemed impossible: making this landmark book more indispensable than ever' - Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City