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CHAPTER 1 Genre Painting and the Foundations of Modern Race

Martin A. Berger

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
INTRODUCTION White Like Me 1
CHAPTER 1 Genre Painting and the Foundations of Modern Race 11
CHAPTER 2 Landscape Photography and the White Gaze 43
CHAPTER 3 Museum Architecture and the Imperialism of Whiteness 81
CHAPTER 4 Silent Cinema and the Gradations of Whiteness 123
EPILOGUE The Triumph of Racialized Thought 173
Notes 175
Bibliography 207
Index 227

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
INTRODUCTION White Like Me 1
CHAPTER 1 Genre Painting and the Foundations of Modern Race 11
CHAPTER 2 Landscape Photography and the White Gaze 43
CHAPTER 3 Museum Architecture and the Imperialism of Whiteness 81
CHAPTER 4 Silent Cinema and the Gradations of Whiteness 123
EPILOGUE The Triumph of Racialized Thought 173
Notes 175
Bibliography 207
Index 227

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