E-book
White sight : visual politics and practices of whiteness / Nicholas Mirzoeff.
"How whiteness has been constructed, naturalized, and wielded; and how we can unmake it. By a renowned visual culture scholar; grounded in visual and cultural critique, feminism, and the Black radical tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780262373098
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 pages)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : The strike against whiteness -- Part I : White sight in the world of Atlantic slavery -- The city, ship, and plantation -- The world of statues in the Americas -- The natural history of white supremacy -- Part II : Imperial visions, anticolonial ways of seeing -- The imperial screen -- The anticolonial way of seeing -- The cultural unconscious and the dispossessed -- Part III : The crisis of whiteness -- The strike against statues -- The general crisis of whiteness. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | White people > Race identity. White nationalism. Slavery. Visual communication. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
