Main entry:

Evans, Robert, 1965-

Title & Author:

Re-presenting colonial Canada through collected photographs : interpretations of travel albums assembled by nineteenth-century British Army officers / Robert Evans.

Publication:

2002.

Description:

vii, 182 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes:
Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-182).
List of figures -- List of appendices -- Introduction -- The narratives of the Astley Fellowes Terry "Canada 1868" travel album -- The "gaze" of travelling soldiers : commercial photographic views collected by the British military in nineteenth-century Canada -- Colonizing images : the roles of collected photographs in colonial discourse -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Figures -- Bibliography.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2008. vii, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Summary:

"Using photographic albums assembled in the 1860s by British military officers as case studies, this thesis argues for a multiple theoretical analysis of historical objects. Through the application of narrative theory, the thesis problematizes the naturalization of photographic meaning created by sequencing and captions within the albums. The 'gaze' is used to address the selection of photographs, which are considered the product of the intersection of the commercial photographer's 'gaze' and the British army officer's 'gaze.' Postcolonial theory and consideration of the concomitant subject positions are utilized in conjunction with popular colonial histories from the 1860s to examine photographs as productive imperialist representations of Canada. The metonymic sign function and indexical qualities of analogue photographs also inform this discussion. The theoretical tools employed illuminate the examined materials and expand the approaches for interpreting nineteenth-century photography."--P. iii.

Subject:

Great Britain. Army Colonial forces Canada Pictorial works.
Great Britain. Army
Travel photography Philosophy.
Visual perception.
Canada History 19th century Pictorial works.
Photographie de voyage Philosophie.
Perception visuelle.
visual perception.
Armed Forces Colonial forces
Canada

Form/genre:

Theses.
History
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Interpretations of travel albums assembled by nineteenth-century British Army officers

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 257192
Call No.: TR26 .E93 2002
Status: Available