{"product_id":"white-sight-visual-politics-and-practices-of-whiteness-9780262047678","title":"White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to See the World \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a new history of white supremacist ways of seeing--and a strategy for dismantling them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhite supremacy is not only perpetuated by laws and police but also by visual culture and distinctive ways of seeing. Nicholas Mirzoeff argues that this form of \"white sight\" has a history. By understanding that it was not always a common practice, we can devise better ways to dismantle it. Spanning centuries across this wide-ranging text, Mirzoeff connects Renaissance innovations--from the invention of perspective and the erection of Apollo statues as monuments to (white) beauty and power to the rise of racial capitalism dependent on slave labor--with the ever-expanding surveillance technologies of the twenty-first century to show that white sight creates an oppressively racializing world, in which subjects who do not appear as white are under constant threat of violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnalyzing recent events like the George Floyd protests and the Central Park birdwatching incident, Mirzoeff suggests that we are experiencing a general crisis of white supremacy that presents both opportunities and threats to social justice. If we do not seize this moment to dismantle white sight, then white supremacy might surge back stronger than ever. To that end, he highlights activist interventions to strike the power of the white heteropatriarchal gaze. \u003ci\u003eWhite Sight \u003c\/i\u003eis a vital handbook and call to action for anyone who refuses to live under white-dominated systems and is determined to find a just way to see the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Mirzoeff is Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. His many books include the best-selling \u003ci\u003eHow to See the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Look\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHyperallergic, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562199519506,"sku":"9780262047678","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5ccf18b-9305-4166-8291-7ad108f6352b.jpg?v=1731857914","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-sight-visual-politics-and-practices-of-whiteness-9780262047678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}