LEADER 02941nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910450356803321 005 20220208193631.0 010 $a1-282-35772-7 010 $a9786612357725 010 $a0-520-93191-2 010 $a1-4237-2764-9 010 $a1-59875-786-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030796 035 $a(EBL)239227 035 $a(OCoLC)475950385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10179762 035 $a(PQKB)11114619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239227 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4977900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL239227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10088451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4977900 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235772 035 $a(OCoLC)61730527 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030796 100 $a20050321d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSight unseen$b[electronic resource] $ewhiteness and American visual culture /$fMartin A. Berger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24459-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. White Like Me; 1. Genre Painting and the Foundations of Modern Race; 2. Landscape Photography and the White Gaze; 3. Museum Architecture and the Imperialism of Whiteness; 4. Silent Cinema and the Gradations of Whiteness; Epilogue. The Triumph of Racialized Thought; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSight Unseen explores how racial identity guides the interpretation of the visual world. Through a nimble analysis of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings, photographs, museums, and early motion pictures, Martin A. Berger illustrates how a shared investment in whiteness invisibly guides what Americans of European descent see, what they accept as true, and, ultimately, what legal, social, and economic policies they enact. Carefully reconstructing the racial and philosophical contexts of selected artworks that contain no narrative links to race, the author ex 606 $aArt and race 606 $aArts, American$y19th century 606 $aRace awareness in art 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt and race. 615 0$aArts, American 615 0$aRace awareness in art. 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity 676 $a701/.03 700 $aBerger$b Martin A$030331 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450356803321 996 $aSight unseen$92444659 997 $aUNINA