Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography e-bog
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This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of eugenics - which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University. Eugenics, "e;Aristogenics,"e; Photography takes a closer look at how composite portraiture documented an idealized "e;reality"e; of the New England social-caste expe...
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348,37 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
8 juni 2020
Længde
256 sider
Genrer
Portraits and self-portraiture in art
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781000185850
This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of eugenics - which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University. Eugenics, "e;Aristogenics,"e; Photography takes a closer look at how composite portraiture documented an idealized "e;reality"e; of the New England social-caste experience and explains how, when positioned in relation to the individual stories and portraits of members of the class, the portraits reveal points of non-conformity and rebellion with their own rhetoric.