Typecasting

On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality

Elizabeth Ewen, Stuart Ewen

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English

Seven Stories
01 August 2011

History; Social classes

Typecasting chronicles the emergence of the ""science of first impression"" and reveals how the work of its creators-early social scientists-continues to shape how we see the world and to inform our most fundamental and unconscious judgments of beauty, humanity, and degeneracy. In this groundbreaking exploration of the growth of stereotyping amidst the rise of modern society, authors Ewen & Ewen demonstrate ""typecasting"" as a persistent cultural practice. Drawing on fields as diverse as history, pop culture, racial science, and film, and including over one hundred images, many published here for the first time, the authors present a vivid portrait of stereotyping as it was forged by colonialism, industrialization, mass media, urban life, and the global economy.

By: Elizabeth Ewen, Stuart Ewen
Imprint: Seven Stories
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 849g
ISBN: 9781583227763
ISBN 10: 1583227768
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality

Typecasting is merely the most lucid and instructive history book to be published in the new millennium. -Kurt Vonnegut In Typecasting, two ace historians offer a profound and sweeping study of the most everyday, often unconscious, forms of prejudice. [It's] bound to make you think--and think again. -Barbara Ehrenreich With exceptional and profound research on visual cultures, Ewen & Ewen have captured a wide-angle view of the impact of racial imaging. Using the history of art as well as popular imagery, they demonstrate the complexity found in mapping and reading this legacy. -Deborah Willis, author of Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographs: 1840 to the Present