Photography on the Color Line
W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture
1st Edition
Published on 7. June 2004
272 pages
978-0-8223-8578-3 (ISBN)
Description
An exploration of the visual meaning of the color line and racial politics through the analysis of archival photographs collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
86 photographs (incl. special plate section)
86 photographs (incl. special plate section)
File size
2,90 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-8578-3 (9780822385783)
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Shawn Michelle Smith is Associate Professor of American Studies at Saint Louis University. She is the author of American Archives: Gender, Race, and Class in Visual Culture.
Content
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xv
INTRODUCTION
Photography on the Color Line 1
CHAPTER ONE
Envisioning Race 25
CHAPTER TWO
The Art of Scientific Propaganda 43
CHAPTER THREE
"Families of Undoubted Respectability" 7
CHAPTER FOUR
Spectacles of Whiteness:
The Photography of Lynching 113
EPILOGUE
The Archivist in the Archive 147
Notes 161
Bibliography 203
Index 217
Acknowledgments xv
INTRODUCTION
Photography on the Color Line 1
CHAPTER ONE
Envisioning Race 25
CHAPTER TWO
The Art of Scientific Propaganda 43
CHAPTER THREE
"Families of Undoubted Respectability" 7
CHAPTER FOUR
Spectacles of Whiteness:
The Photography of Lynching 113
EPILOGUE
The Archivist in the Archive 147
Notes 161
Bibliography 203
Index 217
