Framing identity : social practices of photography in Canada, 1880-1920
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R014293 Ned. Fotomuseum $VR CLOSE.S 2007
TitleFraming identity : social practices of photography in Canada, 1880-1920
Author
Place of publicationWinnipeg
PublisherArbeiter Ring Pub.
Year of publication2007
Pagination211 p.
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions22 x 22 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN97818940372971894037294
Bibliographic Notespb; Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-200) and index..
SubjectAlbum fotografie, Dissertatie, Feminisme en fotografie, Geschiedenis van de fotografie: CDN (Canada), Maatschappij en fotografie, Vrouwlijke fotografen, Geschiedenis en fotografie: CDN (Canada), digitaal beschikbaar
Abstract
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"Framing Identity examines how Canadian women used photography as a social practice to establish identity. Specifically, Close studies the photographic practice of four, turn-of-the-twentieth-century women photographers: Mattie Gunterman (1872-1945), Geraldine Moodie (1854-1945), Ruby Gordon Peterkin (1887-1961), and Etta Sparks (1879-1917). From a revisionist point of view, it argues that photography is a social practice used by women professionals and amateurs as a vehicle to explore and establish identity.
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Framing Identity defines photography as social practice and examines how women moved beyond making pictorial images to using photography as a form of speech to represent social issues. Key concepts and practices drawn from cultural analysis and issues related to identity, gender, post-colonialism, tourism and travel are mapped out. Close considers Gunterman’s photographs as a form of visual narrative within the context of the family album and the practice of amateur, women photographers. Moodie’s portraits of the Inuit are examined in terms of professional photographic practice and discourse on the representation of the Other. The book also analyzes the photographic albums of two Canadian army nurses, Peterkin and Sparks, who were stationed overseas during World War I. Close concludes her study with an overview of the history of women in photography in Canada and investigates various aspects of womens’ interaction with the medium. "
"Framing Identity examines how Canadian women used photography as a social practice to establish identity. Specifically, Close studies the photographic practice of four, turn-of-the-twentieth-century women photographers: Mattie Gunterman (1872-1945), Geraldine Moodie (1854-1945), Ruby Gordon Peterkin (1887-1961), and Etta Sparks (1879-1917). From a revisionist point of view, it argues that photography is a social practice used by women professionals and amateurs as a vehicle to explore and establish identity.
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Framing Identity defines photography as social practice and examines how women moved beyond making pictorial images to using photography as a form of speech to represent social issues. Key concepts and practices drawn from cultural analysis and issues related to identity, gender, post-colonialism, tourism and travel are mapped out. Close considers Gunterman’s photographs as a form of visual narrative within the context of the family album and the practice of amateur, women photographers. Moodie’s portraits of the Inuit are examined in terms of professional photographic practice and discourse on the representation of the Other. The book also analyzes the photographic albums of two Canadian army nurses, Peterkin and Sparks, who were stationed overseas during World War I. Close concludes her study with an overview of the history of women in photography in Canada and investigates various aspects of womens’ interaction with the medium. "
| Copy number | R014293 |
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| Shelf mark | $VR CLOSE.S 2007 |