Slavery's suffering brought to light: New Orleans, 1834 -- Framed and shamed: looking at the lynched body -- Emmett Till, justice, and the task of recognition -- Civil rights and battered bodies -- A litany for New Orleans, 2005
Summary
In the history of black America, the image of the mortal, wounded, and dead black body has long been looked at by others from a safe distance. Courtney Baker questions the relationship between the spectator and victim and urges viewers to move beyond the safety of the 'gaze' to cultivate a capacity for humane insight toward representations of human suffering
