Race and Vision in the Nineteenth-Century United States - Paperback

by Shirley Samuels (Editor), Kirsten Pai Buick (Contribution by), Irene Cheng (Contribution by)

Race and Vision in the Nineteenth-Century United States presents twelve essays by cultural critics that expose fraught relations of identity and race in architecture, scientific discourse, art, photography, music, and theater, juxtaposed with prominent writers about race and identity, such as Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Author Biography

Shirley Samuels is professor of English and American studies at Cornell University.