Picturing the Barrio - Ten Chicano Photographers

Profiles the work of ten Mexican American photographers who work at the intersection of ethnicity and representation. These photographers present artistic and documentary visual images of the socially invisible. They and their subjects grapple with definitions of identity, as well as ethnicity and gender.

About the author

David William Foster (1940-2020) was a Regents Professor of Spanish and women and gender studies at Arizona State University. Over his career, he authored more than fifty books, including Picturing the Barrio: Ten Chicano Photographers; El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond: Graphic Narrative in Argentina and Brazil; and Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography: Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives.

Summary

Profiles the work of ten Mexican American photographers who work at the intersection of ethnicity and representation. These photographers present artistic and documentary visual images of the socially invisible. They and their subjects grapple with definitions of identity, as well as ethnicity and gender.

Product details

• Authors: David William Foster
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780822964391
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6439-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Latino and Latin American Prof; Latino and Latin American Profiles; Latino and Latin American Profiles; Latino and Latin American Prof; Latinx and Latin American Prof; Latinx and Latin American Profiles
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV