The Contest of Meaning : Critical Histories of Photography

Bolton, Richard; Crimp, Douglas; Phillips, Christopher; Buchloh, Benjamin H.D.; Solomon-Godeau, Abigail; Lord, Catherine; Bright, Deborah; Stein, Sally; Grover, Jan Zita; Squiers, Carol; Parada, Esther; Krauss, Rosalind; Rosler, Martha; Sekula, Allan. The Contest of Meaning : Critical Histories of Photography. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.

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Abstract (English)

The authors question the validity of the traditional history of photography, focusing on: the exclusivity of modernist photography; how sexual difference is constructed in photographic representation; photography as mass communication in the interests of power; and a critical analysis of "objective" photographic truth. Subject index. Circa 475 bibl. ref.

Types:	Anthologies, essays, collections
All Contributors:	Bolton, Richard (Editor); Bolton, Richard (Author); Crimp, Douglas (Author); Phillips, Christopher (Author); Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. (Author); Solomon-Godeau, Abigail (Author); Lord, Catherine (Author); Bright, Deborah (Author); Stein, Sally (Author); Grover, Jan Zita (Author); Squiers, Carol (Author); Parada, Esther (Author); Krauss, Rosalind (Author); Rosler, Martha (Author); Sekula, Allan (Author)
Dossier:	800 - PHOTOGRAPHIE / PHOTOGRAPHY
Collation:	406 p. : 180 ill. ; 28 x 22 cm
ISBN:	0262022885
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Artists:	Arbus, Diane; Avedon, Richard; Calahan, Harry; Siskind, Aaron; Winogrand, Garry
Keywords:	PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL COMMENTARY; SEXUALITY; CRITICAL THEORY; FEMINISM; ADVERTISING; NATIONAL IDENTITY; DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY; MODERNISM; QUOTATION; BODY; LESBIANISM; ARCHIVE; ATGET, EUGENE; EVANS, WALKER; LISSITZKY, EL; MOHOLY-NAGY, LASZLO; RODCHENKO, ALEXANDER; STEICHEN, EDWARD; SZARKOWSKI, JOHN
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Date Deposited:	13 Sep 1990
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2013 13:40
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/3464

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