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Seeing Through Race
W. J. T. Mitchell
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Description for Seeing Through Race
Hardback. According to Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct, he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
According to W. J. T. Mitchell, a color-blind post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our understanding of social reality. Race is not simply something to be seen but is among the fundamental media through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it. The power of race becomes most apparent at times when pedagogy fails, the lesson is unclear, and everyone has something ... Read more
According to W. J. T. Mitchell, a color-blind post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our understanding of social reality. Race is not simply something to be seen but is among the fundamental media through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it. The power of race becomes most apparent at times when pedagogy fails, the lesson is unclear, and everyone has something ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674059818
SKU
V9780674059818
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About W. J. T. Mitchell
W. J. T. Mitchell is Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago.
Reviews for Seeing Through Race
This is a brilliant provocation to see anew how we see the world through images bearing on race, but didn't know we were so doing. Extending his lifelong inquiry into how images work in everyday life as well as in the realm of art history and theory, the author releases the liberatory potential of images. W. E. B. Du Bois ... Read more