Photographies East : the camera and its histories in East and Southeast Asia / edited by Rosalind C. Morris.
Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.
313 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Objects/histories : critical perspectives on art, material culture, and representation
"Introducing "Photographies East", Rosalind C. Morris notes that, although the camera is now a taken-for-granted element of everyday life in most parts of the world, it is difficult to appreciate 'the shock and sense of utter improbability that accompanied the new technology' as it was introduced in Asia (and elsewhere). In this collection, scholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, describe frequent attribution of spectral powers to the camera, first brought to Asia by colonialists, as they examine the transformations precipitated or accelerated by the spread of photography across East and Southeast Asia. In essays resonating across theoretical, historical, and geopolitical lines, they engage with photography in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, and on the islands of Aru, Aceh, and Java in what is now Indonesia. The contributors analyze how, in specific cultural and historical contexts, the camera has affected experiences of time and subjectivity, practices of ritual and tradition, and understandings of death. They highlight the links between photography and power, looking at how the camera has figured in the operations of colonialism, the development of nationalism, the transformation of monarchy, and the militarization of violence. Moving beyond a consideration of historical function or effect, the contributors also explore the forms of illumination and revelation for which the camera offered itself as instrument and symbol. And they trace the emergent forms of alienation and spectralization, as well as the new kinds of fetishism that photography brought in its wake"--Back cover.
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Photography Social aspects East Asia.
Photography Social aspects Southeast Asia.
Photography East Asia History.
Photography Southeast Asia History.
East and West.
Photographie Aspect social Asie du Sud-Est.
Photographie Asie du Sud-Est Histoire.
21.40 photographic art: general.
Photography.
Photography Social aspects.
Fotografie
Fotografi historia Östasien 1900-talet.
Fotografi historia Sydostasien 1900-talet.
Fotografi sociala aspekter Östasien 1900-talet.
Fotografi sociala aspekter Sydostasien 1900-talet.
East Asia.
Southeast Asia.
Ostasien
Südostasien
South-East Asia.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
Morris, Rosalind C.
Objects/histories.
Localisation: Bibliothèque main 261417
Cote: BIB 192425
Statut: Disponible
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