Photography in China, 1860-1945
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The Role of Photography in Shaping China’s Image 1860-1945
Photography in China, April 24-25, 2009: A free 2-day workshop at Northwestern University
This workshop explores photography's decisive role in shaping China’s image for both internal and international audiences. The impact of punitive photography of coastal cities on China’s own image remains a critical issue. The central question is: Did China’s own early 20th century mass media internalize the negative, colonial view of its emerging urban culture? Professional Chinese photography of peripheral nationals indicates the impact was profound—a mimicry that is predicated on Euramerican anxiety of China’s role in the modern world. This conference will bring together scholars who will address this question exploring the relationship of coastal photography with China’s own neo-colonial photography of the ‘primitive’ interior. The inquiry extends to Greater China and the impact of photographic practices in Japanese colonization.
http://groups.arthistory.northwestern.edu/chinaphotography
Photography in China, April 24-25, 2009: A free 2-day workshop at Northwestern University
This workshop explores photography's decisive role in shaping China’s image for both internal and international audiences. The impact of punitive photography of coastal cities on China’s own image remains a critical issue. The central question is: Did China’s own early 20th century mass media internalize the negative, colonial view of its emerging urban culture? Professional Chinese photography of peripheral nationals indicates the impact was profound—a mimicry that is predicated on Euramerican anxiety of China’s role in the modern world. This conference will bring together scholars who will address this question exploring the relationship of coastal photography with China’s own neo-colonial photography of the ‘primitive’ interior. The inquiry extends to Greater China and the impact of photographic practices in Japanese colonization.
http://groups.arthistory.northwestern.edu/chinaphotography
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