Ambivalent - Photography And Visibility In African History (Paperback)

One of the few books about photography to come out of the continent and where the majority of contributors are African and work on the continent.

Going beyond photography as an isolated medium to engage larger questions and interlocking forms of expression and historical analysis, Ambivalent gathers a new generation of scholars based on the continent to offer an expansive frame for thinking about questions of photography and visibility in Africa. The volume presents African relationships with photography – and with visibility more generally – in ways that engage and disrupt the easy categories and genres that have characterised the field to date.

Contributors pose new questions concerning the instability of the identity photograph in South Africa; ethnographic photographs as potential history; humanitarian discourse from the perspective of photographic survivors of atrocity photojournalism; the nuanced passage from studio to screen in postcolonial digital portraiture; and the burgeoning visual activism in West Africa.

General

Imprint:	Jacana Media
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	July 2021
Editors:	Patricia Hayes • Gary Minkley
Dimensions:	254 x 177 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-1-4314-3136-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics Books > Local Author Showcase > Lifestyle Books > Promotion > Heritage Month > Social Studies
LSN:	1-4314-3136-2
Barcode:	9781431431366

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