Humane Insight
Subtitle: Looking at Images of African American Suffering and Death
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780252039485
Subjects: African americans, social conditions; Documentary photography; Photojournalism; Empathy; Racism
Description: "In the history of black America, the image of the mortal, wounded, and dead black body has long been looked at by others from a safe distance. Courtney R. Baker questions the relationship between the spectator and victim and urges viewers to move beyond the safety of the "gaze" to cultivate a capacity for humane insight toward representations of human suffering"--Jacket.