Visualizing Race in California: An Art History

This seminar explores issues of race and racialization in California, from the time of statehood to the present. Students will read scholarship, analyze visual art, including photography, and examine archival resources. How was race created and used to understand others? How did it affect individuals and groups as well as policies, laws, and various practices? Furthermore, how do these (art) histories of race and racialization continue to affect us in the present-day?