The politics of focus. Women, children and nineteenth-century photography.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R005807 Ned. Fotomuseum $T SMITH.L 1998
TitleThe politics of focus. Women, children and nineteenth-century photography.
Author
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Place of publicationNew York, Manchester
PublisherManchester University Press
Year of publication1998
Pagination136
Illustrationsb&w
DimensionsA4
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
Series titleThe Critical Image
ISBN0-7190-42615
Bibliographic Notespb; index;
SubjectFeminisme en fotografie, Geschiedenis van de fotografie: GB (Groot-Britannië), Amateurfotografie: GB (Groot-Brittannië)
Geographical keywordGroot-Brittannië
Abstract
[The author reconsiders histories and theories of 19th c. photography.... collectively they reveal the extent to which .. there endures an erroneaous myth of Victorian photography's untroubled relationship to realism.]
Chapters :
1. The politics of focus: feminism and photography theory ;
2. "This Old House": Cameron and Hawarden ;
3. "Lady Sings the Blues": the woman amateur and the album ;
4. "Me and My Shadow": the double in 19th c. photography ;
5. "Take Back Your Mink": Lewis Carroll, child masquerade and the age of consent ;
6. The Shoe-black to the crossing sweeper: Victorian street Arabs and photography ;
Index.
Chapters :
1. The politics of focus: feminism and photography theory ;
2. "This Old House": Cameron and Hawarden ;
3. "Lady Sings the Blues": the woman amateur and the album ;
4. "Me and My Shadow": the double in 19th c. photography ;
5. "Take Back Your Mink": Lewis Carroll, child masquerade and the age of consent ;
6. The Shoe-black to the crossing sweeper: Victorian street Arabs and photography ;
Index.
| Copy number | R005807 |
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| Shelf mark | $T SMITH.L 1998 |