Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013 - An Anthropological Approach

Introducing a novel anthropological study of photography in the Middle East, Emilie Le Febvre takes us to the Naqab Desert where Bedouin use photographs to make, and respond to, their own histories.

List of contents

Preface: Ethnonyms and Being Bedouin Introduction: Contours of Place, People, and Ethnography Part One - Histories 1. Naqab Bedouin Social History and Historiography 2. Making Histories in a Bedouin Society Part Two - Photography 3. Anthropology of Bedouin Photography and Photographs 4. Photographic Presences and Entangled Visual Economies Part Three - Photographs 5. Circulating Images: Tribal Histories of Lineages 6. Circulating Images: Community Histories Conclusion: Historical Persuasion and Photographs in the Desert

About the author

Emilie Le Febvre received her DPhil and MSc from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Summary

Introducing a novel anthropological study of photography in the Middle East, Emilie Le Febvre takes us to the Naqab Desert where Bedouin use photographs to make, and respond to, their own histories.

Product details

• Authors: Emilie Le Febvre, Emilie (University of Oxford Le Febvre, Le Febvre Emilie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032028996
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202899-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Photography, History: History, Photography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Photography & photographs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Society & culture: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Middle Eastern, 21st Century, Middle East, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Society and culture: general, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Photography and photographs