
Delia's Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America (Hardback)
Molly Rogers (author), David W. Blight (author)- Not available
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300115482
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 894 g
Dimensions: 235 x 185 x 32 mm
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"In a book that is at once sensitive, bold, and imaginative, Rogers delivers a deep history of the causes, creation, and consequences of these now famous photographs. . . . If there ever can be a shared humanity with a shared historical memory, perhaps it can only emerge from seeing such evidence of its most brutal denial."-David W. Blight, from the Foreword
"Through Delia's Tears, a beguiling mixture of history and imagination, we see that the poisonous allure of racial thinking, often posing as reasoned objectivity, has always blurred our vision. This is a story that is as beautiful as it is sad."-Jonathan Scott Holloway, Yale University
"In a book that is at once sensitive, bold, and imaginative, Rogers delivers a deep history of the causes, creation, and consequences of these now famous photographs. . . . If there ever can be a shared humanity with a shared historical memory, perhaps it can only emerge from seeing such evidence of its most brutal denial."-David W. Blight, from the Foreword
-- David W. Blight"Through Delia's Tears, a beguiling mixture of history and imagination, we see that the poisonous allure of racial thinking, often posing as reasoned objectivity, has always blurred our vision. This is a story that is as beautiful as it is sad."-Jonathan Scott Holloway, Yale University -- Jonathan Scott Holloway
"[Rogers'] well-researched history paints a rich panorama of the mental world of slavery."
-- Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *Selected as an Editor's Choice by Booklist as one of the best titles published in 2010 -- 2010 Editor's Choice * Booklist *
"Rogers succeeds in humanizing photographs that were taken not to bring out the individual qualities of those photographed but in an attempt to confirm theories of human inequality."-Reginald Horsman, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society -- Reginald Horsman * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *
"[An] excellent work."-J. D. Smith, Choice -- J. D. Smith * Choice *
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