Private Subjects: Family Photography in South Africa and the Right to Opacity

Contributor(s): Peffer, John (Author)

ISBN: 9781478034056

Publisher: Duke University Press

Hardcover

$119.95

Pub Date: November 10, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 1.26 lbs) 264 pages

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Series: Visual Arts of Africa and Its Diasporas

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Description: During apartheid in South Africa, Black citizens kept a close watch on the circulation of their photographs. John Peffer shows how this ethics continues to this day as he explores the ways subjects and their families control their own photographic stories.

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