ARTH 077. Photography, Race, and Identity in American Art

This course focuses on constructions, representations and interpretations of racial and social identities in 19th and 20th century American contexts, with an emphasis on the roles that photography and related media play in this process. We will engage critical writings on both photography and identity in order to better understand how photography has been deployed historically to shape and fix identity, as well as how it is used to interrogate the notion of identity as a fixed category.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art

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