| On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value Contributor(s): Raengo, Alessandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1584659742 ISBN-13: 9781584659747 Publisher: Dartmouth College Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2012042090 |
| Series: Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |