English · Boston College
This courses fulfills the Race, Blackness, and Language requirement for English majors.In this course, we will examine the significance of visual culture for Black America, thinking critically about the art and politics of seeing and being seen. Well keep in mind the following questions: what does it mean to see blackness? How do images function as tools of empowerment and disempowerment, or representation and misrepresentation? What role does visual media play in Black life and imagination? Photography will be central to the study of visibility, but well also consider what role other media pl
