Photography in Africa: Ethnographic Perspectives

Contributor(s): Vokes, Richard (Editor), Wingfield, Chris (Contribution by), Morton, Christopher (Contribution by), Kratz, Corinne (Contribution by), Haney, Erin (Contribution by), Behrend, Heike (Contribution by), Bajorek, Jennifer (Contribution by), Aston, Judith (Contribution by), McKeown, Katie (Contribution by), Pype, Katrien (Contribution by), Quaintance, Kimo (Contribution by), Carrier, Neil (Contribution by), Vokes, Richard (Contribution by), James, Wendy (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781847010452

Publisher: James Currey

Hardcover

$130.00

Pub Date: June 21, 2012

Dewey: 302.23096

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 10.20" L x 7.10" W ( 1.94 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

Literary Collections | African

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice.

Review Quotes: The collection is an important and nuanced contribution that will be of wide interest to Africanists, and scholars concerned with photography, imperialism and postcolonialism.-- "ANTHROPOLOGICAL FORUM"