The Color of Sex: Postwar Photographic Histories of Race and Gender Export

@article{citeulike:1228755, abstract = {A reading of National Geographic Magazine to analyze the image content in regard to markers of race and gender. They argue that photograph selection is influenced by the social context of U.S. race relations in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Additionally, notions of African, Oriental, and Middle Eastern subjects being "closer to nature" and darker skin being "more inclined to physical activity" or white skin being related to "technology and progress."}, address = {Chicago}, author = {Lutz, Catherine A. and Collins, Jane L.}, booktitle = {Reading National Geographic}, chapter = {6}, citeulike-article-id = {1228755}, keywords = {1960s, 1970s, 1980s, colonialism, culture, ethnography, magazines, photography, race, representation, third\_world}, pages = {155--185}, posted-at = {2007-04-16 00:37:12}, priority = {0}, publisher = {University of Chicago Press}, title = {The Color of Sex: Postwar Photographic Histories of Race and Gender}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1228755 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1228755 N2 - A reading of National Geographic Magazine to analyze the image content in regard to markers of race and gender. They argue that photograph selection is influenced by the social context of U.S. race relations in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Additionally, notions of African, Oriental, and Middle Eastern subjects being "closer to nature" and darker skin being "more inclined to physical activity" or white skin being related to "technology and progress." AD - Chicago EP - 185 TI - The Color of Sex: Postwar Photographic Histories of Race and Gender PB - University of Chicago Press T2 - Reading National Geographic SP - 155 KW - 1960s KW - 1970s KW - 1980s KW - colonialism KW - culture KW - ethnography KW - magazines KW - photography KW - race KW - representation KW - third_world AU - Lutz, Catherine AU - Collins, Jane PY - 1993/// ER -