The gender of photography : how masculine and feminine values shaped the history of nineteenth-century photography
Title:
The gender of photography : how masculine and feminine values shaped the history of nineteenth-century photography
How masculine and feminine values shaped the history of nineteenth-century photography
Author:
Hudgins, Nicole.
ISBN:
9781474271561
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Routledge, c2020.
Physical Description:
xv, 295 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
1. What Was the Problem with Femininity? -- 2. "Masculine" Photography in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Theatricality -- 4. Tactility -- 5. Softness -- 6. HybridityPart -- Two: A Medium of Masculinity -- 7. From Gender Neutral to a Masculine Medium -- 8. Building a Republic of Photography -- 9. Establishing the Paternity of Photography -- 10. No Girls Allowed? -- 11. Feminine Silence -- 12. Defending Photography -- Part Three: Women in the Studio -- 13. Just Charming -- 14. Work for Women? -- 15. The Gender of Coloring -- 16. The Femininity of the Studio -- 17. Studios of Their Own.
Abstract:
It would be unthinkable now to omit early female pioneers from any survey of photography's history in the Western world. Yet for many years the gendered language of American, British and French photographic literature made it appear that women's interactions with early photography did not count as significant contributions.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-285) and index.
Field 805:
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