Imaging Culture - Photography in Mali, West Africa

Imaging Culture is a sociohistorical study of the meaning, function, and aesthetic significance of photography in Mali, West Africa, from the 1930s to the present.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Development of Photography in Mali
1. Photography and Urbanization (1890-1940s)
2. Heyday of Black and White (1950s-1980s)
Imaging Culture
3. Photography as Social Agency
4. Visual Griots-Photographic Artistry and Invention
5. Portraiture and Mande Aesthetics
6. Ja and Metaphysical Dimensions of Photography
7. Contemporary Practice and International Market (1990s-Present)
Plates
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Candace M. Keller is Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. She also directs the Archive of Malian Photography (amp.matrix.msu.edu), and is Associate Director of Matrix: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University.

Summary

Imaging Culture is a sociohistorical study of the meaning, function, and aesthetic significance of photography in Mali, West Africa, from the 1930s to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Candace M Keller, Candace M. Keller
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780253025579
• ISBN: 978-0-253-02557-9
• No. of pages: 486
• Series: African Expressive Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous