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Abstract
The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization is a unique study of art photography as a means to understand whiteness. In a time of new fascist and alt-right politics from Donald Trump to Tommy Robinson, this book attempts to locate the “image of whiteness” as a thing both imagined and pictured, so that we can better understand its meaning and construction. In over 60 images, a contextual essay and a number of interviews with artists, historians and philosophers, this book seeks to introduce its reader to some important extracts from the troubling story of whiteness and describe its falsehoods, paradoxes and oppressive nature. At the centre of these pages lies a set of important questions all white people should ask themselves: How was whiteness invented, what does whiteness look like and is it really ever ok to be “White”? This book argues that the invention and continuation of the “white race” is not just a political, social and legal phenomenon, it is also a complexly visual one.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | SPBH Editions in collaboration with Art on the Underground |
Commissioning body | Art on the Underground |
Number of pages | 204 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781999814496 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- Whiteness
- photography
- race
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The Lemon/How do white people see?
Daniel Campbell Blight (Presenter)
14 Oct 2022Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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University of Utah
Daniel Campbell Blight (Visiting lecturer)
5 Apr 2022 → 7 Apr 2022Activity: Visiting position › Visiting an external academic institution
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The Image of Whiteness, King's College London
Daniel Campbell Blight (Presenter)
28 Mar 2022Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk