In this Book
- On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Dartmouth College Press
summary
In this landmark work of critical theory, black studies, and visual culture studies, Alessandra Raengo boldly reads race as a theory of the image. By placing emphasis on the surface of the visual as the repository of its meaning, race presents the most enduring ontological approach to what images are, how they feel, and what they mean. Having established her theoretical concerns, the author's eclectic readings of various artifacts of visual culture, fine arts, cinema, and rhetorical tropes provoke and destabilize readers' visual comfort zone, forcing them to recognize the unstated racial aspects of viewing and the foundational role of race in informing the visual.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 1 | The Photochemical Imagination
- pp. 21-51
- 2 | On the Sleeve of the Visual
- pp. 52-86
- 3 | The Money of the Real
- pp. 87-128
- 4 | The Long Photographic Century
- pp. 129-161
- Conclusion: In the Shadow
- pp. 162-166
- Bibliography
- pp. 209-226
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611684490
Related ISBN(s)
9781584659754
MARC Record
OCLC
842881842
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2013-06-30
Language
English
Open Access
Yes