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OverviewPhotographic subjects examines photography at royal celebrations during the reign of Queens Wilhelmina (1898-1948) and Juliana (1948-80), a period spanning the zenith and fall of Dutch rule in Indonesia. It is the first monograph in English on the Dutch monarchy and the Netherlands' modern empire in the age of mass and amateur photography. Photographs forged imperial networks, negotiated relations of recognition and subjecthood between Indonesians and Dutch authorities, and informed cultural modes of citizenship at a time of accelerated colonial expansion and major social change in the East Indies/Indonesia. This book advances methods in the uses of photographs for social and cultural history, reveals the entanglement of Dutch and Indonesian histories in the twentieth century, and provides a new interpretation of Queens Wilhelmina and Juliana as imperial monarchs. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susie ProtschkyPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm ISBN: 9781526124371ISBN 10: 1526124378 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 03 June 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1 The image of the monarch who stayed home 2 Snapshot diplomacy: Photographic gifts from indigenous royals 3 Monarchism, amateur photography and colonial citizenship 4 Visual appeal: Photographs for the queen from colonial commoners 5 Oversight: Unity in diversity at royal celebrations 6 Lights, camera and … ‘ethical’ colonial rule 7 Monarchy, photography and the end of empire Index -- .Reviews'It has taken historians a generation or two to come to terms with empire. Historians who lived during the age of empires tended to put the term imperialism in the too-hard basket. Those who lived through the end of empire appropriately, for the main, took the side of anti-imperialist nationalists. Susie Protschky's Photographic subjects is at the forefront of new studies of imperialism. While not doubting its moral illegitimacy, she explains how the Netherlands' colony of the East Indies imagined itself in relation to the Dutch monarchy. This is a subtle and far-sighted book, analysing photography in relation to royalty in order to show how empire worked. The visual binding of the colony to the 'mother' country was, as she shows, carried out through an array of imagery that celebrated devotion to the absent ruler. Peace and war, tradition and modernity provided a range of sights revealing the nature of colonial subjecthood. This is an essential book for understanding modern Indonesian history.' Adrian Vickers, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney -- . Author InformationSusie Protschky is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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