Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

Dark Matters by Simone Browne is a groundbreaking book that reframes surveillance studies through the lens of blackness.

Locating the conditions of blackness as a key site through which surveillance is practiced, narrated, and resisted, Browne shows how contemporary surveillance technologies and practices are informed by the long history of racial formation and policing black life under slavery.

This book offers a robust entryway to the field's current debates for new readers while providing a model of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship for media scholars invested in critical race inquiry, visual analysis, and archival study.

With its innovative approach and thought-provoking insights, Dark Matters is an invaluable resource for examining the contemporary moment of #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, and strategies for future resistance.

Don't miss out on this essential read!