Exposing Slavery - Photography, Human Bondage, Birth of Modern Visual Politics in

Zusatztext original, richly illustrated, and brilliant book Informationen zum Autor Matthew Fox-Amato is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Idaho. He is a historian of visual and material culture. Klappentext Drawing upon unpublished and little-studied photographs of slaves, ex-slaves, and abolitionists, Fox-Amato argues that slavery, abolition, and race in antebellum America cannot be understood without looking at the visual culture photography spawned¿or the development of photography without considering how slavery shaped it. Zusammenfassung Drawing upon unpublished and little-studied photographs of slaves, ex-slaves, and abolitionists, Fox-Amato argues that slavery, abolition, and race in antebellum America cannot be understood without looking at the visual culture photography spawned--or the development of photography without considering how slavery shaped it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Ch 1 Policing Personhood Ch 2 Enduring Images Ch 3 Realizing Abolition Ch 4 Domesticating Freedom Epilogue The Photographic Legacy of American Slavery Notes Bibliography

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• Authors: Matthew Fox-Amato, Matthew (Assistant Professor of History Fox-Amato
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2019
• EAN: 9780190663933
• ISBN: 978-0-19-066393-3
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Photography & photographs, Ethnic Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Photography and photographs, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black