Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography

Picturing Privilege

Kris Belden-Adams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-56268-7 (ISBN)

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This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of Eugenics – which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University.

This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of eugenics – which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University. Eugenics, "Aristogenics," Photography takes a closer look at how composite portraiture documented an idealized “reality” of the New England social-caste experience and explains how, when positioned in relation to the individual stories and portraits of members of the class, the portraits reveal points of non-conformity and rebellion with their own rhetoric.

Kris Belden-Adams is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Mississippi, USA.

1. Introduction 2. Harvard’s ‘Class’ Portraits: Composite Pictures and a New England ‘Aristogenic’ Agenda 3. A ‘Dandy’ Masculinity?: Establishing and Respecting Cisgender Norms, Using Photography 4. Social Poise, Demure Confidence: Swaying College Women to be the Essential Players in Positive Eugenics 5. Biometrics, Posture Pictures: ‘We Did What We Were Told’ 6. Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2024
Zusatzinfo	51 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	470 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10	0-367-56268-5 / 0367562685
ISBN-13	978-0-367-56268-7 / 9780367562687
Zustand	Neuware