Visuality of Violence Witnessing the Policing of Race

Summary

Unpacks the way visual documentations and depictions of the practice of racial violence are used in imperialism, capitalism, and neoliberalism in the United States. Reveals liberal mythical reliance on the ideals of western law and its rationalities as the location of justice and freedom, thereby presenting its readers with a new understanding in the quest for peace and liberation.

Product details

• Authors: Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 25.04.2025
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781439921005
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-2100-5
• Pages: 164
• Series: Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Relationality
• Subjects: Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Soziale Diskriminierung und soziale Gleichbehandlung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General