{"product_id":"amaza-lee-meredith-imagines-herself-modern","title":"Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern","description":"\u003cdiv data-url=\"\/products\/the-short-story-of-queer-art\" data-section=\"template--25251980706171__main-header\" data-product-title=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern: Architecture and the Black American Middle Class\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-summary\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary life and work of architect Amaza Lee Meredith, and the role modernism and material culture played in the aspiring Black American middle class of the early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the captivating story of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator born into the Jim Crow South, whose bold choices in both life and architecture expand our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, while revealing the importance of architecture as a force in Black middle-class identity. Through her charismatic protagonist, Jacqueline Taylor derives new insights into the experiences of Black women at the forefront of culture in early twentieth-century America, caught between expectation and ambition, responsibility and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentral to Taylor's argument is that Meredith's response to modern architecture and art, like those of other Black cultural producers, was not marginal to the modernist project; instead, her work reveals the tensions and inconsistencies in how American modernism has been defined. In this way, the book shines a necessary light on modernism's complexity, while overturning perceived notions of race and gender in relation to the modernist project and challenging the notion of the white male hero of modern architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eTaylor chronicles the life and work of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator who expanded our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/strong\u003e. Using Meredith as a lens to study the role architecture played in early twentieth-century Black middle-class identity, \u003cstrong\u003eTaylor shows that Meredith, like so many other Black cultural producers, wasn’t marginal to the modernist project but rather central to its definition\u003c\/strong\u003e.” - The Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSpecifications: \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eBy \u003cspan\u003eJacqueline Taylor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e 9780262048347\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003ePublished: Nov. 23, 2023 by The MIT Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003ePages: 288, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 x 1 x 10 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eWeight: 1.7 lbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-max-height=\"80\" class=\"a-cardui-content a-cardui-uninitialized _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_peekableContent__hWM3i\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacqueline Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning researcher and writer who focuses on the built environment and art with specific reference to issues of race and gender. She has worked in public practice and academe and has published widely in edited volumes and anthologies, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuffragette City: Women, Politics, and the Built Environment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66802877300781,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/7368\/files\/Amaza-Lee-Meredith.png?v=1780349744","url":"https:\/\/designshop.aia.org\/products\/amaza-lee-meredith-imagines-herself-modern","provider":"AIA Design Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}