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Framing the West : race, gender, and the photographic frontier in the Pacific Northwest /

This work argues that photography was intrinsic to British territorial expansion and settlement on the Northwest coast of America. Williams shows how male and female settlers used photography to establish control over the territory and its indigenous inhabitants, as well as how native peoples eventu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Carol, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 "The Natural Habitat of the Anglo Saxon upon the Pacific Ocean": COLONIZING VANCOUVER ISLAND; 2 "An Outpost of the Empire Welcomes You": THE MERGING OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY; 3 "She Was the Means of Leading into the Light": PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF TSIMSHIAN METHODIST CONVERTS; 4 "Of Moral Qualities That Would Render Them an Ornament to Their Sex": EURO-AMERICAN WOMEN RISE TO RPOMINENCE, 1870-1890; 5 Indigenous Uses of Photography; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX.