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Photography and the body / John Pultz.

By: Pultz, JohnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Everyman art libraryPublication details: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995Description: 176 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0297833634Subject(s): Body, Human -- Pictorial works | Photography, ArtisticDDC classification: 779.2
Contents:
The nineteenth century: realism and social control - 1950-1918: gender and eroticism in pictorialist photography - 1900-1940: heterosexuality and modernism - 1930-1960: the body in society - 1960-1975: the body, photography, and art in the era of Vietnam - Photography since 1975: gender, politics, and the postmodern body.
Summary: This book traces the history of the body in photography, whether clothed or not. Photographic representations of the body reflect issues of peronal identity, sexuality, gender and sexual orientation, and also issues of power, ideology and politics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p170-171) and index.

The nineteenth century: realism and social control - 1950-1918: gender and eroticism in pictorialist photography - 1900-1940: heterosexuality and modernism - 1930-1960: the body in society - 1960-1975: the body, photography, and art in the era of Vietnam - Photography since 1975: gender, politics, and the postmodern body.

This book traces the history of the body in photography, whether clothed or not. Photographic representations of the body reflect issues of peronal identity, sexuality, gender and sexual orientation, and also issues of power, ideology and politics.

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