Photography as power : dominance and resistance through the italian lens / edited by Marco Andreani and Nicoletta Pazzaglia. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Enriched with an introduction by David Forgacs, this book explores the complex relationship between photography and power in its various manifestations in Italian history throughout the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. How did the Italian state employ the medium of photography as an instrument of dominance? In which ways has photography been used as a critical medium to resist hegemonic discourses? Taking into account published and unpublished images from professional photographers such as Letizia Battaglia, Tano D'Amico and Mario Cresci and non-professional photographers, art.



9781527524880


Photography--Political aspects--History.--Italy


Electronic Books.

TR184 / .P468 2019