White

Book • 1997
Richard Dyer's 'White' explores how whiteness has remained largely unexamined in cultural studies despite its central role in racial representation.

The book analyzes images of white people within contexts such as Christianity, race, and colonialism, examining representations in film, photography, and other media.

It highlights the construction of whiteness as a normative and universal category in Western culture.

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Recommended by Anne Helen Petersen as a foundational text on whiteness in art history and film.
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