Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor

Synopsis

Explores The Connections Among Race, Visual Humor, And Technologies Of Photography In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, With Special Attention To The Reappropriation Of Racial Humor By Contemporary Artists--provided By Publisher. Strange Effects And Photographic Pleasures : Race, Science, And Early Photography -- The Darkey Photographer : Camera Comedy And The Minstrel Stage -- Look Pleasant, Please! : A Social History Of The Photographic Smile -- Writing The Self Through Others : Racial Humor And The Photographic Postcard -- Revival And Subversion : Snapshot Performances From Kodak To Kara Walker. Tanya Sheehan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.