Contact Zones: Photography, Migration, and Cultural Encounters in the U.S. - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9462702527 ISBN 13 : 9789462702523

Editeur : Leuven University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Since the mid-nineteenth century photography has played a central role in cultural encounters within and between migrant communities in the United States. Migrant histories have been mediated through the photographic image, and the cultural practices of photography have themselves been transformed as migrant communities mobilise the photographic image to navigate experiences of cultural dislocation and the forging of new identities. Exploring photographic images and the cultural practices of photography as ‘contact zones’ through which cultural exchange and transformation takes place, this volume addresses the role of photography in migrant histories in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Taking as its focal point photography’s role in shaping migrant experiences of cultural transformation, and how migrant experiences have re-configured culturally differentiated practices of photography, case studies on migration from Europe, Central America, and North America position photography as entwined with cultural histories of migration and cultural transformation in the United States.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Justin Carville teaches historical and theoretical studies in photography at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology. Sigrid Lien teaches modern and contemporary Art History, including theory and history of photography at the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Since the mid-nineteenth century photography has had a central place in cultural encounters within and between migrant communities. Migrant histories have been mediated through the photographic image, and the cultural practices of photography have themselves been transformed as migrant communities mobilise the photographic image to navigate experiences of cultural dislocation and the forging of new identities. Exploring photographic images and the cultural practices of photography as ‘contact zones’ through which cultural exchange and transformation takes place, this volume addresses the role of photography in migrant histories in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Taking as its focal point photography’s role in shaping migrant experiences of cultural transformation, and in turn how migrant experiences have re-configured culturally differentiated practices of photography, case studies on migration from Europe, Central America, and North America position photography as entwined with cultural histories of migration and cultural transformation in the United States.

Justin Carville teaches historical and theoretical studies in photography at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire.
Sigrid Lien teaches modern and contemporary art history, including theory and history of Photography at the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leuven University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9462702527
• ISBN 13: 9789462702523
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Éditeur: Carville Justin, Lien Sigrid
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible