Seeing Through Race.
Mitchell, W. J. T.
Seeing Through Race. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures . - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I: Teachable Moments -- Lecture 1: The Moment of Theory -- Lecture 2: The Moment of Blackness -- Lecture 3: The Semitic Moment -- Part II: Teachable Objects -- Chapter 1: Gilo's Wall and Christo's Gates -- Chapter 2: Binational Allegory -- Chapter 3: Migration, Law, and the Image -- Chapter 4: Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, Poussin -- Conclusion: Money and Masquerade -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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.
9780674065352
Electronic books.
HT1521
305.8
Seeing Through Race. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures . - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I: Teachable Moments -- Lecture 1: The Moment of Theory -- Lecture 2: The Moment of Blackness -- Lecture 3: The Semitic Moment -- Part II: Teachable Objects -- Chapter 1: Gilo's Wall and Christo's Gates -- Chapter 2: Binational Allegory -- Chapter 3: Migration, Law, and the Image -- Chapter 4: Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, Poussin -- Conclusion: Money and Masquerade -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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.
9780674065352
Electronic books.
HT1521
305.8