Contesting visibility : photographic practices on the East African coast /

Since the introduction of photography by commercial studio photographers and the colonial state in Kenya, this global medium has been intensely debated and contested among Muslims on the cosmopolitan East African coast. This book does not only explore the making, circulation, and consumption of popu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Behrend, Heike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2013]
Series:Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; volume 60.
Subjects:
Portrait photography > Kenya > Philosophy.
Portrait photography > Social aspects > Kenya.
Portrait photography > Kenya > Religious aspects.
Portrait photography > Africa, East > Philosophy.
Portrait photography > Social aspects > Africa, East.
Portrait photography > Africa, East > Religious aspects.
Islam and art.
Portraits (Photographie) > Kenya > Philosophie.
Portraits (Photographie) > Aspect social > Kenya.
Portraits (Photographie) > Kenya > Aspect religieux.
Islam et art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Portrait photography > Social aspects
Islam and art
Soziale Funktion
Porträtfotografie
Africa, East
Kenya
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface / Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Providing the Context: The East African Coast
  • Chapter 3 Polemic Encounters: Photography as a Medium and Object of Ethnographic Research
  • Chapter 4 Textiles and Images: Photography as Unveiling
  • Chapter 5 Creating Spectacles: Studio Photographers of the Indian Diaspora
  • Chapter 6 Ambulant Photographers
  • Chapter 7 The Bakor Studio and the "Aesthetics of Withdrawal"
  • Chapter 8 Weddings, Photography, and the Aura of Modernity
  • Chapter 9 Withdrawal of Life: Photography and Death
  • Chapter 10 Iconoclastic Spirits
  • Chapter 11 "Killer Panics" and Digital Photography
  • Bibliography.

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