On the Sleeve of the Visual : Race as Face Value / Alessandra Raengo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Interfaces: studies in visual culture | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth, [2013]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013Copyright date: ©[2013]Description: 1 online resource (240 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611684490
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
Contents:
The photochemical imagination -- On the sleeve of the visual -- The money of the real -- The long photographic century -- Conclusion : in the shadow.
Summary: In this work of critical theory, Black studies, and visual culture studies, the author 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. -- Back cover.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

The photochemical imagination -- On the sleeve of the visual -- The money of the real -- The long photographic century -- Conclusion : in the shadow.

Open Access Unrestricted online access star

In this work of critical theory, Black studies, and visual culture studies, the author 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. -- Back cover.

Description based on print version record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.