SEE
behind
THE IMAGE
Modern society is saturated with persuasive imagery.
As it becomes increasingly challenging to know what is real, critical thinking is more crucial than ever. The images we see in our everyday lives carry messages and assumptions that build belief systems.
Image analysis, and visual rhetoric in particular, offers us tools for how critically consume the media so we are better able to identify the narratives, patterns, and persuasive arguments reflected in the images we see every day.
In my work, I focus on the interchange of visual information between Germany and the United States as it applies to Black people. However, the concepts and conversations I have about U.S. Blackness can applied far more broadly.
Black people and those who have been blackened around the world are called into conversation in my work, which helps us to more deeply contemplate and address how racism manifests and circulates worldwide.
My work is for anyone who wants to understand not just what an image communicates to audiences, but also how it simultaneously persuades those audiences.
Image Analysis
Blackness Personified is written at an advanced undergraduate level, so it is as accessible as possible while still reflecting the complex, nuanced analyses that are necessary for vigorous interrogation.
Blackness Personified: The Book
Contact Kim
Dr. Kimberly Alecia Singletary is available to speak on campus and at events that champion critical thinking and anti-racism.