Disillusioned : Victorian photography and the discerning subject / Jordan Bear.
Disillusioned : Victorian photography and the discerning subject / Jordan Bear.
Disillusioned : Victorian photography and the discerning subject / Jordan Bear.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2015/3661
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 198 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: the history of photography and the problem of knowledge -- See for yourself : visual discernment and photography's appearance -- Shadowy organization : combination photography, illusion, and conspiracy -- Same time tomorrow : serial photographs and the structure of industrial vision --...
Publication information
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2015]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Examines how photographic trickery in the 1850s and 1860s participated in the fashioning of the modern subject. Integrates images of the Victorian period into a new and expansive interpretive framework by locating specific mechanisms of photographic deception"--Provided by publisher.
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Disillusioned : Victorian photography and the discerning subject / Jordan Bear.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/3661
Record Identifier
74VKRaajavKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRaajavKb
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ISBN
027106501X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271065014 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
771
MMS ID
991023144419702626
