Sarah J Blackwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 5685243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah J Blackwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah J |
| FAMILY NAME | Blackwood |
| SIGNATURE | BLACKWOOD S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pace University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4853-6627 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Making Good Use of Our Eyes
In his 1854 speech “The Claims of the Negro Ethnologically Considered,” Frederick Douglass critiques the use of illustrated portraits in scientific works of mid-nineteenth-century ethnology.1 He describes how images of the “European face” are calculated to convey “beauty, dignity, and intellect,” while “The Negro, on the other hand, appears with features distorted, lips exaggerated, forehead depressed—and the whole expression of the countenance m…
Seeing Black
Seeing Black Sarah Blackwood (bio) Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery. By Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2013. 248 pages. $35.00 (cloth). Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum. By Bridget R. Cooks. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2011. 205 pages. $29.95 (paper). Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American…
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Seeing Black
Seeing Black Sarah Blackwood (bio) Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery. By Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2013. 248 pages. $35.00 (cloth). Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum. By Bridget R. Cooks. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2011. 205 pages. $29.95 (paper). Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American…
Making Good Use of Our Eyes
In his 1854 speech “The Claims of the Negro Ethnologically Considered,” Frederick Douglass critiques the use of illustrated portraits in scientific works of mid-nineteenth-century ethnology.1 He describes how images of the “European face” are calculated to convey “beauty, dignity, and intellect,” while “The Negro, on the other hand, appears with features distorted, lips exaggerated, forehead depressed—and the whole expression of the countenance m…
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