{"product_id":"photographies-east-9780822342052","title":"Photographies East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, examine the transformations precipitated or accelerated by the spread of photography across East and Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly recommended.” - P. C. Bunnell, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and densely written elaboration of the potency of photographs in a range of cultural contexts and historical settings. This outstanding book illustrates that there is much more and new to be said about the entanglement of the camera and photographs with a history of ruptures. Its significance stems less from the regional focus than from the way in which highly sensitive narrations of empirical detail are used to address broad questions of photography, power and modernity.” - Ursula Rao, \u003ci\u003eThe Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I found \u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e to be a gripping, marvelously varied, trawl through the photographic worlds of East and Southeast Asia. Like photographs, the material contained in this volume will undoubtedly exceed its initial essay-frames, and stimulate interest and debate for years to come.” - Liana Chua, \u003ci\u003eAnthropological Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging and often provocative collection of nine essays, marked by their theoretical and analytical rigour, which examine the diverse social and historical applications of photography in various regional contexts in Indonesia, Thailand, China, Taiwan and Japan. . . . [T]his volume is an essential contribution to an ever-expanding field of investigation. . . . \u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and thought-provoking volume of detailed case studies, which succeeds in its multidisciplinary aims to further the critical debate on photography’s histories and legacies in Southeast and East Asia. With its astute and wide-ranging use of theoretical and empirical approaches to materials on the periphery of academic attention, it will help foster dialogues between visual anthropologists, cultural historians, area specialists, and historians of photography both in local and transnational contexts, inside and outside Asia.” - Luke Gartlan, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a stimulating and cogent addition to the growing body of studies of photography in historical contexts. This volume should help erode any lingering notions that universalizing statements by some professional photographers are sufficient for understanding the multitude of meanings generated by the practices, images and readings in specific settings. . . . [T]he wealth of ideas contained in this collection of articles will stimulate the exploration of new directions in the study of photography.” - Hyung-Gu Lynn, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is without question an important collection that greatly expands our knowledge about the history of photography and photographic practice in Asia. This book will surely inspire valuable new projects in the years to come.” - David Odo, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable in many ways. As the first systematic consideration of photography in East and Southeast Asia, it offers some of the most acute reflections on the different workings and effects of photography in non-Western contexts. It will also stir fresh thinking about the relationship between history and anthropology in the wake of the camera.”—\u003cb\u003eVicente L. Rafael\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through its ‘radical attention to the unexpected,’ this bold and provocative collection asks vital questions about the disturbance created by photography. The sweep and intensity of this stellar ensemble make an essential contribution to our understanding of the photographic world-system.”—\u003cb\u003eChristopher Pinney\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCamera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and densely written elaboration of the potency of photographs in a range of cultural contexts and historical settings. This outstanding book illustrates that there is much more and new to be said about the entanglement of the camera and photographs with a history of ruptures. Its significance stems less from the regional focus than from the way in which highly sensitive narrations of empirical detail are used to address broad questions of photography, power and modernity.” -- Ursula Rao * The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging and often provocative collection of nine essays, marked by their theoretical and analytical rigour, which examine the diverse social and historical applications of photography in various regional contexts in Indonesia, Thailand, China, Taiwan and Japan. . . . [T]his volume is an essential contribution to an ever-expanding field of investigation. . . . \u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and thought-provoking volume of detailed case studies, which succeeds in its multidisciplinary aims to further the critical debate on photography’s histories and legacies in Southeast and East Asia. With its astute and wide-ranging use of theoretical and empirical approaches to materials on the periphery of academic attention, it will help foster dialogues between visual anthropologists, cultural historians, area specialists, and historians of photography both in local and transnational contexts, inside and outside Asia.” -- Luke Gartlan * History of Photography *\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is without question an important collection that greatly expands our knowledge about the history of photography and photographic practice in Asia. This book will surely inspire valuable new projects in the years to come.” -- David Odo * International Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Highly recommended.” -- P. C. Bunnell * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“I found \u003ci\u003ePhotographies East\u003c\/i\u003e to be a gripping, marvelously varied, trawl through the photographic worlds of East and Southeast Asia. Like photographs, the material contained in this volume will undoubtedly exceed its initial essay-frames, and stimulate interest and debate for years to come.” -- Liana Chua * Anthropological Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Photographies East: The Camera and Its Histories in East and Southeast Asia \/ Rosalind C. Morris 1\u003cbr\u003e The Ghost in the Machine \/ John Pemberton 29\u003cbr\u003e The Curse of the Photograph: Atjeh 1901 \/ James T. Siegel 57\u003cbr\u003e The Photography Complex: Exposing Boxer-Era China (1900-1901), Making Civilization \/ James L. Hevia 79\u003cbr\u003e Photography and the Power of Images in the History of Power: Notes from Thailand \/ Rosalind C. Morris 121\u003cbr\u003e In and Out of the Picture: Photography, Ritual, and Modernity in Aru, Indonesia \/ Patricia Spyer 161\u003cbr\u003e Mysterious Photographs \/ Nickola Pazderic 183\u003cbr\u003e Abandoned Cities Seen Anew: Reflections on Spatial Specificity and Temporal Transience \/ Carlos Rojas 207\u003cbr\u003e Dark Enlightenment: Naitō Masatoshi's Flash \/ Marilyn Ivy 229\u003cbr\u003e Cine-Photography as Racial Technology: Tanizaki Jun'ichirō's Close-up on the New\/Oriental Woman's Face \/ Thomas LaMarre 259\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 291\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 305\u003cbr\u003e Index 307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406051058007,"sku":"9780822342052","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/photographies-east-9780822342052","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}