Refracted Visions
Popular Photography and National Modernity in Java
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2010
398 pages
978-0-8223-9154-8 (ISBN)
Description
A generously illustrated ethnography arguing that popular photographic practices have played a crucial role in the making of modern national subjects in postcolonial Java.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
127 photographs, incl. 32 in color
127 photographs, incl. 32 in color
File size
14,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9154-8 (9780822391548)
Schweitzer Classification
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04/2010
Duke University Press
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04/2010
Duke University Press
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Persons
Karen Strassler is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Queens College, City University of New York.
Content
Illustrations ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Note on Orthography and Psedudonyms xxi
Introduction: Popular Photography and Indonesian National Modernity 1
1. Amateur Visions 29
2. Landscapes of the Imagination 73
3. Identifying Citizens 123
4. Family Documentation 165
5. Witnessing History 207
6. Revelatory Signs 251
Epilogue: Beyond the Paper Trace 295
Notes 301
Bibliography 345
Index 363
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Note on Orthography and Psedudonyms xxi
Introduction: Popular Photography and Indonesian National Modernity 1
1. Amateur Visions 29
2. Landscapes of the Imagination 73
3. Identifying Citizens 123
4. Family Documentation 165
5. Witnessing History 207
6. Revelatory Signs 251
Epilogue: Beyond the Paper Trace 295
Notes 301
Bibliography 345
Index 363
