Beyond the Feminine: The Politics of Skin Colour and Gender in Visual Culture

How can contemporary artists and image makers challenge representations of race and gender in visual culture and produce alternate visions?

Exploring a range of lens-based British art that engages with questions of race and gender, this book critiques power structures that embed racial dichotomies to arrive at a nuanced understanding of the position of race in contemporary visual culture. It examines how white and light-skinned Black women are privileged over Black and dark-skinned women in...