Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self | Publication | 2003

“Only Skin Deep makes the historical archive of photography speak in new ways.”
Bookforum

What role has photography played in shaping our ideas about race, nation, and selfhood? How has the camera been used to construct and contrast images of racial difference? To create or debunk stereotypes and romantic myths about specific ethnic groups? This groundbreaking book is the first to thoroughly investigate the impact that photography has had on race and racial identity in America-among the most profound and explosive issues in our nation's history and everyday life.

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