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Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880-1920)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Close, Sharron M. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | t Framingg Identity: Social Practices of Photograph y inn Canada (1880-1920) MYY STUDY EXAMINE S HOW Canadian women used photography as a social practice too establish identity. Specifically, it examines the photographi c practice of four, turn-ofthe-nineteenth-centur yy women photographers , Mattie Gunterman (1872-1945) , Geraldine Moodiee (1854-1945) , Ruby Gordon Peterki n (1887-1961 ) and Etta Sparks (1879-1917) . From aa revisionist point of view, I argue that photography is a social practice used by women professional ss and amateur s as a vehicle to explore and establish identity Thee introduction Photography, Women St Identity, defines photography as social practicee and examines how women moved beyond making pictorial images to using photographyy as a form of speech to represen t social issues. The significance of visual literacy andd my methods of reading of photographs as narrative texts are introduced. In addition, ann overview is provided of cultural and photographi c theorist s to be drawn upon for the analysi ss in the chapter s to follow. Researc h for this study is informed by a theoretical frameworkk that includes Mieke Bal, Roland Barthes, Judith Butler, Deborah Cherry, Johanness Fabian, Griselda Pollock, Edward Said, Kaja Silverman, Gaytari Chakravort y Spivak, Johnn Tagg, Ginette Verstraet e and Janet Wolff. Key concept s and practices drawn from cul turall analysi s and issues related to identity, gender , post-colonialism, tourism and travel aree mapped out. In the chapter s to follow, I use case studies of both amateur and professionall Canadian photographer s and provide readings of their photographs as evidence of sociall practice. Inn Chapter One, From the Albums of Mattie Gunterman, I situate Gunterman' s photographss as a form of visual narrative within the context of the family album and the practice off amateur women photographers . I interpret Gunterman' s relationshi p to Nature and |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
