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Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture
Shawn Michelle Smith
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Description for Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture
Paperback. 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 Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 86 photographs (incl. special plate section). BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJB; AJC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5919 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Through a rich interpretation of the remarkable photographs W. E. B. Du Bois compiled for the American Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Shawn Michelle Smith reveals the visual dimension of the color line that Du Bois famously called “the problem of the twentieth century.” Du Bois’s prize-winning exhibit consisted of three albums together containing 363 black-and-white photographs, mostly of middle-class African Americans from Atlanta and other parts of Georgia. Smith provides an extensive analysis of the images, the antiracist message Du Bois conveyed by collecting and displaying them, and their connection to his critical thought. She contends that ... Read more
Through a rich interpretation of the remarkable photographs W. E. B. Du Bois compiled for the American Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Shawn Michelle Smith reveals the visual dimension of the color line that Du Bois famously called “the problem of the twentieth century.” Du Bois’s prize-winning exhibit consisted of three albums together containing 363 black-and-white photographs, mostly of middle-class African Americans from Atlanta and other parts of Georgia. Smith provides an extensive analysis of the images, the antiracist message Du Bois conveyed by collecting and displaying them, and their connection to his critical thought. She contends that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
A John Hope Franklin Center Book
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822333432
SKU
V9780822333432
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About Shawn Michelle Smith
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.
Reviews for Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture
“Photography on the Color Line should be widely read and widely taught. In this outstanding book, Shawn Michelle Smith has offered not only a spirited reading of a historically important group of photographs but also a methodology and theoretical grounding that are widely applicable even beyond the specific archive of the Du Bois photographs.”—Laura Wexler, author of Tender Violence: Domestic ... Read more