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Violence, visual culture, and the black male body / Cassandra Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Cassandra, 1972-
- Series:
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 27.
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American men in popular culture.
- African American men--Violence against.
- African American men.
- Arts, American.
- Human body--Social aspects--United States.
- Human body.
- Violence--Social aspects--United States.
- Violence.
- Visual communication--Social aspects--United States.
- Visual communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From early photographs of disfigured slaves to contemporary representations of bullet-riddled rappers, images of wounded black men have long permeated American culture. While scholars have fittingly focused on the ever-present figure of the hypermasculine black male, little consideration has been paid to the wounded black man as a persistent cultural figure. This book considers images of wounded black men on various stages, including early photography, contemporary art, hip hop, and new media. Focusing primarily on photographic images, Jackson explores the wound as a specular moment that media
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early Photography and the Cultural Work of Wounds; 2 Photography and the Disabled Black Subject in the Art of Carrie Mae Weems; 3 Fantasies of Wounding: Black Male Bodies in Hip Hop; 5 The Appropriation of Lynching Photography; 6 Seeing Without Looking: Lynching in Charles W. Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-131) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-90817-X
- 1-136-90818-8
- 1-282-91274-7
- 9786612912740
- 0-203-84278-2
- 9780203842782
- OCLC:
- 688186340
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