American Archives: Gender, Race, and Class in Visual Culture

American Archives: Gender, Race, and Class in Visual Culture

by ShawnMichelleSmith (Author)

Synopsis

Visual texts demonstrate the contested terms of American identity. This book offers an account of how photography and the sciences of biological racialism joined forces in the nineteenth century to offer an idea of what Americans look like - or 'should' look like.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 302
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12 Jan 2000

ISBN 10: 0691004781
ISBN 13: 9780691004785