Photographing Central Asia From the Periphery of the Russian Empire to Global Presence

The volume demonstrates that photography was the cornerstone of imperial media governance and discourse construction in colonial Turkestan of the tsarist and early Soviet periods. The aim of this volume is to interpret photography as a specific tool that reifies reality, subjectively frames it, and...

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Other Authors: Gorshenina, Svetlana (Editor), Abashin, Sergei (Editor), De Cordier, Bruno (Editor), Saburova, Tatiana (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
Series:Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale 13
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Summary:The volume demonstrates that photography was the cornerstone of imperial media governance and discourse construction in colonial Turkestan of the tsarist and early Soviet periods. The aim of this volume is to interpret photography as a specific tool that reifies reality, subjectively frames it, and fits it into various political, ideological, commercial, scientific, and artistic contexts.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (431 p.)
ISBN:9783110754469
9783110754421
9783110754568
Access:Open Access