White sight : visual politics and practices of whiteness / Nicholas Mirzoeff.
| Author/creator | Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] |
| Description | x, 339 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Mirzoeff, Nicholas. White sight Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] 9780262373098 |
| LCCN | 2022009613 |
| ISBN | 9780262047678 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0262047675 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HT1575 .M57 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |