On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value Sociology/Political Economy Malcolm X and Martin Luther

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 077104738X

and dictatorships

a young woman finds herself inexorably drawn to repeating the worst mistakes of her past

On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value Sociology/Political Economy Malcolm X and Martin LutherIn 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,