The unintended : photography, property, and the aesthetics of racial capitalism / Monica Huerta.
| Author/creator | Huerta, Monica, 1981- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | America and the long 19th century America and the long 19th century. ^A785335 |
| Contents | Preface : read, don't move -- Introduction : without intention, the end of this world -- Expression -- Property's proscenium -- Property's horizon -- Property's edge -- Expressionless. |
| Abstract | "Through close attention to the centrality of involuntarity in pivotal nineteenth-century American court cases that created new property relations with photographs, this book offers a historically situated theory of photography in terms of expression and an archivally-supported theory of whiteness as an aesthetics of racial capitalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2021039782 |
| ISBN | 9781479812424 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1479812420 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781479812400 paperback |
| ISBN | 1479812404 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |