White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness

by Nicholas Mirzoeff

From the author of How to See the World comes a new history of white supremacist ways of seeing--and a strategy for dismantling them.

White supremacy is not only perpetuated by laws and police but also by visual culture and distinctive ways of seeing. Nicholas Mirzoeff argues that this form of "white sight" has a history. By understanding that it was not always a common practice, we can devise better ways to dismantle it. Spanning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047675
• ISBN13: 9780262047678
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"