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Australian Women's Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850-1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women's Movement, the Great War of 1914-1918, Australia's imperial occupation of New Guinea, the final years of Chinese Nationalist Party rule in China and debates about photography's status as an art form.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Australian Women's Photography and Colonial Modernity; 1. Memorialising the Great War; 2. Australian Women's Photography Abroad; 3. Visions and Counter-visions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
About the author
Anne Maxwell is Professor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. She has published five books and numerous articles and essays and on postcolonial and colonial literature and photography.
Lucy Van is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her research areas include colonial photography and postcolonial poetry.
Summary
Australian Women's Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 18501950.
