Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. ImperialismLaura Wexler presents an incisive analysis of how the first American female photojournalists contributed to a "domestic vision" that reinforced the imperialism and racism of turn-of-the-century America. These women photographers, white and middle class, c |
Contents
What a Woman Can Do with a Camera | 15 |
Seeing Sentiment Photography Race and the Innocent Eye | 52 |
Tender Violence Domestic Photographs Domestic Fictions Educational Reform | 94 |
Black and White and Color The Hampton Album | 127 |
Käsebiers Indians | 177 |
The Domestic Unconscious | 209 |
The Missing Link | 262 |
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Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism Laura Wexler No preview available - 2000 |
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