History of Art and Visual Culture

HAVC 240 Seeing Race

Investigates how discursive systems racialized the sight of various racial and ethnic groups in 19th- and 20th-century U.S. society. Focuses on the construction and maintenance of racial values systems and on the historically specific ways in which an eclectic assortment of visual artifacts have been read by groups over time. Considers the visual and material implications of race-based sight.

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5