Main entry:

Hudgins, Nicole, author.

Title & Author:

The gender of photography : how masculine and feminine values shaped the history of nineteenth-century photography / Nicole Hudgins.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Description:

xv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references ([266]-285) and index.
Introduction -- 1. What was the problem with femininity? -- 2. 'Masculine' photography in the nineteenth century -- 3. Theatricality -- 4. Tactility -- 5. Softness -- 6. Hybridity -- 7. From gender neutral to a masculine medium -- 8. Building a republic of photography -- 9. Establishing the paternity of photography -- 10. No girls allowed? -- 11. Feminine silence -- 12. Defending photography -- 13. Just charming -- 14. Work for women? -- 15. The gender of coloring -- 16. The femininity of the studio -- 17. Studios of their own -- Conclusion.

Summary:

It would be unthinkable now to omit early female pioneers from any survey of photography's history in the Western world. Yet for many years the gendered language of American, British and French photographic literature made it appear that women's interactions with early photography did not count as significant contributions. Using French and English photo journals, cartoons, art criticism, novels, and early career guides aimed at women, this volume will show why and how early photographic clubs, journals, exhibitions, and studios insisted on masculine values and authority, and how Victorian women engaged with photography despite that dominant trend. Focusing on the period before 1890, when women were yet to develop the self-assurance that would lead to broader recognition of the value of their work, this study probes the mechanisms by which exclusion took place and explores how women practiced photography anyway, both as amateurs and professionals. Challenging the marginalization of women's work in the early history of photography, this is essential reading for students and scholars of photography, history and gender studies. -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781474271561 (hardcover)
1474271561 (hardcover)
(ePub ebook)
9781474271578
(ePub ebook)
9781000213164
(PDF ebook)
9781474271585
(PDF ebook)
9781000211504
(ebook)
9781003103967

Subject:

Women photographers Great Britain History 19th century.
Women photographers France History 19th century.
Photography History 19th century.
Femmes photographes Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Femmes photographes France Histoire 19e siècle.
Photographie Histoire 19e siècle.
Photography.
Social conditions.
Women photographers.
Great Britain Social conditions 19th century.
France Social conditions 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
France Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
France.
Great Britain.
1840-1890

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316835
Call No.: 316835
Status: Available