Photography in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures: Nottingham French Studies Volume 53, Number 2

ISBN-13: 9780748693665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Kathrin Yacavone

Opis

As part of the recent turn towards visual culture in French studies, photography has begun to receive increased attention from scholars in the field. This volume of eight original essays provides a broad and inclusive account of the multiple manifestations of photography in contemporary French and Francophone societies and cultures. It brings together literary, socio-cultural, art historical, and postcolonial perspectives on the medium, spanning trends and developments from the 1970's to the present day.
Key features
- Essays address individual photopraphers and writers (including Brun Boujelal, Stephane Couturier, Raymon Depardon, Valerie Jouve and Roland Barthes, Sophie Calle, J.M.G. Le Clezio, Annie Ernaux, Herve Guibert, Denis Roche) as well as broader topics such as the cultural institutionalisation of photography, its connections to the post-conceptual art, the tradition of tableau, city photography and photobiography.
- Includes an original interview with Jen-Luc Monterosso
- Reflects a diverse array of scholarly approaches and methodology
- Includes illustrations
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Spis treści

Introduction: Mapping Photography in French and Francophone Cultures, KATHRIN YACAVONE; The Cultural Institutionalization of Photography in France: A Brief History, KATHRIN YACAVONE; « Un courant commençait à se dessiner… »: entretien avec Jean-Luc Monterosso, PROPOS RECUEILLIS PAR KATHRIN YACAVONE; La Photographie plasticienne: une question française?, MAGALI NACHTERGAEL; The Spaces of Containment: Valérie Jouve’s Urban Portraits, OLGA SMITH; Not Yet Fallen: Memory, Trace and Time in Stéphane Couturier’s City Photography, SHIRLEY JORDAN ; La Carte et le territoire: Mapping, Photography and the Visualization of Contemporary France, EDWARD WELCH; Retour/détour: Bruno Boudjelal’s Jours intranquilles, AMANDA CRAWLEY JACKSON; De la « notation » à la « fictionalisation » de la vie: panorama des tendances photobiographiques dans la littérature française des années 1970 à nos jours, FABIEN ARRIBERT-NARCE; Annie Ernaux, 1989: Diaries, Photographic Writing and Self-Vivisection, AKANE KAWAKAMI