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Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms - Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867-1945) (Paperback)
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Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms - Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867-1945) (Paperback)
Series: Photography, History: History, Photography
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The second half of the 19th century was a time of extensive
political upheaval in central east Europe that saw the negotiation
of conflicting territorial claims in the region by the Russian,
Austrian and Prussian empires. The post-WW1 settlement gave rise to
the formation of the independent nation states of Poland,
Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus. Less well know is that this
same period was also an era of keen photographic activity. During
this time of empire-, state- and nation-building, cultural heritage
was a potent vehicle and a provider of collective memory and
identity.This innovative account analyses the relationship between
politics, history, cultural heritage and photography in central
east Europe between 1859 and 1945. To understand the work
photographs 'do' in the construction of cultural heritage, the
author analyses a wide range of little-known photographic archives
created by contemporary professional and amateur photographers.
Their work was extensively exploited in contemporary debates,
appearing in albums, books, journals, exhibitions, museum exhibits,
postcards and newspapers aimed at both scientific and popular and
national and international publics. An extensive analysis of how
photographic practices and outcomes were applied, borrowed, copied,
appropriated and transmitted shows how photography was used to
exert or subvert power, on the one hand, and as a tool in
constructing and negotiating group identities on the other. By
weaving photography and its patterns of making, dissemination and
archival survival through major historical narratives, this volume
reveals the centrality of photography and visual discourse at
pivotal moments of modern history.
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