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The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada
Payne, Carol; Kunard, Andrea
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Description for The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada
hardcover. How have photographs contributed to visualizing the "imagined community" of Canada? In what ways does the dissemination of photographs in the media and through exhibitions shape our understanding of the past? How have photographs been used to reanimate the past through memory work? Series: McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 90 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5334 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1451.
The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada is an in-depth study on the use of photographic imagery in Canada from the late nineteenth century to the present. This volume of fourteen essays provides a thought-provoking discussion of the role photography has played in representing Canadian identities. In essays that draw on a diversity of photographic forms, from the snapshot and advertising image to works of photographic art, contributors present a variety of critical approaches to photography studies, examining themes ranging from photography's part in the formation of the geographic imaginary to Aboriginal self-identity and notions of citizenship. The volume explores ... Read more
The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada is an in-depth study on the use of photographic imagery in Canada from the late nineteenth century to the present. This volume of fourteen essays provides a thought-provoking discussion of the role photography has played in representing Canadian identities. In essays that draw on a diversity of photographic forms, from the snapshot and advertising image to works of photographic art, contributors present a variety of critical approaches to photography studies, examining themes ranging from photography's part in the formation of the geographic imaginary to Aboriginal self-identity and notions of citizenship. The volume explores ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773538610
SKU
V9780773538610
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About Payne, Carol; Kunard, Andrea
Carol Payne is assistant professor of art history, Carleton University. Andrea Kunard is associate curator at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa.
Reviews for The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada
"The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada is an invaluable contribution to critical scholarship on the social history of photography in Canada and, more broadly, to methodological and conceptual issues involved in researching photography. Editors Carol Payne and Andrea Kunard have produced a volume that is essential reading for scholars, curators, archivists, artists, and photographers studying the role of photography ... Read more