The right to look : a counterhistory of visuality / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

Author/creator Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxviii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects

Contents Oversight : the ordering of slavery -- The modern imaginary : anti-slavery revolutions and the right to existence -- Visuality : authority and war -- Abolition realism : reality, realisms, and revolution -- Imperial visuality and countervisuality, ancient and modern -- Anti-fascist neorealisms : North-South and the permanent battle for Algiers -- Global counterinsurgency and the crisis of visuality.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371and index.
LCCN 2011027508
ISBN9780822348955
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