TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lydon,Jane
TI  - Photography, humanitarianism, empire
T2  - Photography, history - history, photography
SN  - 9781474235501 (hbk.) :
U1  - 770.9'94 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Photography
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Photography in historiography
KW  - Humanitarianism
KW  - National characteristics, Australian
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - With their power to create a sense of proximity and empathy, photographs have long been a crucial means of exchanging ideas between peoples across the globe. This book explores the role of photography in shaping ideas about race and difference from the 1840s to the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Focusing on Australian experience in a global context, a rich selection of case studies show how photographic encounters between Aboriginals, missionaries, scientists, photographers and writers fuelled international debates about morality, law, politics and human rights. While the camera has been extensively analysed as a weapon of authority, surveillance and control, this volume uncovers a story of photography as a more complex social force
ER  -