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OverviewThis book is the first to question both why and how the colonialist mythologies represented by the work of photographer Eliot Elisofon persist. It documents and discusses a heterogeneous practice of American coloniality of power as it explores Elisofon’s career as war photographer-correspondent and staff photographer for LIFE, filmmaker, author, artist, and collector of “primitive art” and sculpture. It focuses on three areas: Elisofon’s narcissism, voyeurism, and sexism; his involvement in the homogenizing of Western social orders and colonial legacies; and his enthused mission of “sending home” a mass of still-life photographs, annexed African artifacts, and assumed vintage knowledge. The book does not challenge his artistic merit or his fascinating personality; what it does question is his production and imagining of “difference”. As the text travels from World War II to colonialism, postcolonialism, and the Cold War, from Casablanca to Leopoldville (Kinshasa), it proves to be a necessarily strenuous and provocative trip. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raoul J. GranqvistPublisher: Michigan State University Press Imprint: Michigan State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781611862362ISBN 10: 1611862361 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 30 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBased not least on five years of extensive onsite research, Granqvist has produced a study of Elisofon s life s work that is iconoclastic and intellectually challenging. Best, his reading of Elisofon s photography demands that we reassess our Western perspectives on both the Cold War in Europe and, most pertinently, the legacy of colonialism in Africa. A vigorous, exhaustive, and demanding study. <b>John A. Stotesbury, </b> Fellow of the English Association, and former Postcolonial Literary Studies Professor, University of Eastern Finland Based not least on five years of extensive onsite research, Granqvist has produced a study of Elisofon's life's work that is iconoclastic and intellectually challenging. Best, his reading of Elisofon's photography demands that we reassess our Western perspectives on both the Cold War in Europe and, most pertinently, the legacy of colonialism in Africa. A vigorous, exhaustive, and demanding study. --John A. Stotesbury, Fellow of the English Association, and former Postcolonial Literary Studies Professor, University of Eastern Finland Author InformationRaoul J. Granqvist is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of Language Studies, UmeÅ University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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