Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare
Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Photo Essays, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
| Author: | Leigh Raiford | ISBN: | 9780807882337 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | February 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Leigh Raiford |
| ISBN: | 9780807882337 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | February 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years, activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about black lives. Offering readings of the use of photography in the anti-lynching movement, the civil rights movement, and the black power movement, Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare focuses on key transformations in technology, society, and politics to understand the evolution of photography's deployment in capturing white oppression, black resistance, and African American life.
In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years, activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about black lives. Offering readings of the use of photography in the anti-lynching movement, the civil rights movement, and the black power movement, Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare focuses on key transformations in technology, society, and politics to understand the evolution of photography's deployment in capturing white oppression, black resistance, and African American life.
