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Seeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography
Martin A. Berger
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Description for Seeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
Seeing through Race is a boldly original reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. Martin A. Berger's provocative and groundbreaking study shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Berger analyzes many of these famous images - dogs and fire hoses turned against peaceful black marchers in Birmingham, tear gas and clubs wielded against voting-rights marchers in Selma - and argues that because white sympathy was dependent on photographs of powerless blacks, these unforgettable ... Read more
Seeing through Race is a boldly original reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. Martin A. Berger's provocative and groundbreaking study shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Berger analyzes many of these famous images - dogs and fire hoses turned against peaceful black marchers in Birmingham, tear gas and clubs wielded against voting-rights marchers in Selma - and argues that because white sympathy was dependent on photographs of powerless blacks, these unforgettable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268647
SKU
V9780520268647
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About Martin A. Berger
Martin A. Berger is Professor and Director of the Visual Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Man Made: Thomas Eakins and the Construction of Gilded Age Manhood and Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture, both from UC Press. David J. Garrow is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross: Martin ... Read more
Reviews for Seeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography
Brilliant, provocative study of photographs of the US civil rights movement ... A first-rate book! Choice Fascinating... Berger's historical reconstruction is convincing.
Ariella Azoulay Burrelles Luce A comprehensive study of the language in which editors, reporters, and photographers shaped and demarcated the period's field of vision.
Ariella Azoulay, Tel Aviv University CAA Reviews ... Read more
Ariella Azoulay Burrelles Luce A comprehensive study of the language in which editors, reporters, and photographers shaped and demarcated the period's field of vision.
Ariella Azoulay, Tel Aviv University CAA Reviews ... Read more