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...