Misrecognized: Looking at Images of Black Suffering and Death

<p>This dissertation investigates the social, emotional, and ethical implications of looking at the suffering and death of African Americans. Drawing on film theory, visual studies, literary criticism, and semiotics, the study addresses events and images from 1834 to 2000 in which the humanity...

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Main Author: Baker, Courtney R
Other Authors: Gaines, Jane M
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/707