{"product_id":"black-and-gold-transmutations-of-metal-and-modernity-paperback","title":"Black and Gold: Transmutations of Metal and Modernity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. Ian Bourland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, Africa has been the center of the global trade in gold. Synonymous with wealth and power in African cultures, this precious metal was also central to the emergence of Europe's colonial empires and the contemporary world made in their wake. Black and gold have thus always been conjoined and yet set in opposition: blackness as negation, gold as universal standard of value. \u003ci\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is a genealogy of this seeming contradiction--a global history of value told through episodes of Black creative practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the work of acclaimed contemporary artists such as Yinka Shonibare, Theaster Gates, Wangechi Mutu, El Anatsui, Chris Ofili, and Kerry James Marshall, this book unearths a series of historical and ecological connections--the mining of gold on the continent and its relationship to the diaspora, \"black gold\" as a colloquialism for oil, and Blackness as a form of cultural \"gold.\" By bringing early modern histories of alchemy, art, and colonial contact into the present, W. Ian Bourland tells a multifaceted story about the fetishization of gold, driven by an impulse to extract Blackness and refine people and matter into ever greater forms of abstraction with devastating consequences for the environment and humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn simplest terms, \u003ci\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Gold\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the material and symbolic life of gold and the Black labor that has always sustained it. It will resonate with art critics and scholars, museumgoers and collectors, and anyone interested in modern and contemporary art, the Black Atlantic, and global histories of empire and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eW. Ian Bourland\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cultural critic and historian who writes widely on art, photography, film, and music\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He is Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown University and author of \u003ci\u003eBloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMassive Attack's Blue Lines.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.85 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464438202621,"sku":"9780271101309","price":66.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/uGyjBdPVF59780271101309.webp?v=1777261286","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/black-and-gold-transmutations-of-metal-and-modernity-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}