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Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body (Paperback)
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Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
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From early photographs of disfigured slaves to contemporary
representations of bullet-riddled rappers, images of wounded black
men have long permeated American culture. While scholars have
fittingly focused on the ever-present figure of the hypermasculine
black male, little consideration has been paid to the wounded black
man as a persistent cultural figure. This book considers images of
wounded black men on various stages, including early photography,
contemporary art, hip hop, and new media. Focusing primarily on
photographic images, Jackson explores the wound as a specular
moment that mediates power relations between seers and the seen.
Historically, the representation of wounded black men has
privileged the viewer in service of white supremacist thought. At
the same time, contemporary artists have deployed the figure to
expose and disrupt this very power paradigm. Jackson suggests that
the relationship between the viewer and the viewed is not so much
static as fluid, and that wounds serve as intricate negotiations of
power structures that cannot always be simplified into the
condensed narratives of victims and victimizers. Overall, Jackson
attempts to address both the ways in which the wound has been
exploited to patrol and contain black masculinity, as well as the
ways in which twentieth century artists have represented the wound
to disrupt its oppressive implications
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