Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 216 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The Visual is Political examines the growth of feminist photography as it unfolded in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s. This period in Britain was marked by instability following the collapse of the welfare state, massive unemployment, race riots, and workers' strikes. However, this was also a time in which various forms of social activism emerged or solidified, including the Women's Movement, whose members increasingly turned to photography as a tool for their political activism. Rather than focusing on the aesthetic quality of the images produced, Klorman-Eraqi looks at the application of feminist theory, photojournalism, advertising, photo montage, punk subculture and aesthetics, and politicized street activity to emphasize the statement and challenge that the photographic language of these works posed. She shows both the utilitarian uses of photography in activism, but also how these same photographers went on to be accepted (or co-opted) into the mainstream art spaces little by little, sometimes with great controversy. The Visual is Political highlights the relevance and impact of an earlier contentious, creative, and politicized moment of feminism and photography as art and activism"--
2. "This book examines the phenomenon of feminist photography as it unfolded in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s. Klorman-Eraqi offers a unique analysis of the intersection between feminism and photography and the period's social conflicts and theoretical debates, and adds to the understanding of feminist countercultural practices produced in this moment and of their continuing relevance"--

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Feminism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
3. Feminism and art > Great Britain > History > 20th century
4. Women photographers > Great Britain > History > 20th century
5. Féminisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
6. Féminisme et art > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
7. Femmes photographes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
8. PHOTOGRAPHY > History
9. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory
10. ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
11. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies
12. ART > Art & Politics
13. Economic history
14. Feminism
15. Feminism and art
16. Women photographers
17. Feminismus
18. Fotografie
19. Frauenkunst
20. Protest
21. Soziale Bewegung
22. Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century
23. Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle
24. Great Britain
25. 1970-1979

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 2 Feminist Photography and the Media p. 12 -- 3 Photography and the Street: Feminist Documentary p. 52 -- 4 Entering the Museum p. 93 -- 5 Conclusion and Afterthoughts p. 132.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.