Blind Memory: Visual Representations of Slavery in England and AmericaPsychology Press, 2000 - 341 pages Throughout this important volume, the author underscores two vital themes: one, that visual presentation of slavery in England and America has been utterly dishonest to its subject, and the other a meditation on whether the ruptures of the slave experience - middle passage, bondage, and torture -- can be adequately represented and remembered. |
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Blind Memory: Visual Representations of Slavery in England and America Marcus Wood No preview available - 2000 |
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