Photography, modernity and the governed in late-colonial Indonesia /

This powerful study examines how contested notions of modernity, civilization and being governed were envisioned through photography in early twentieth-century Indonesia when a reform program known as the Ethical Policy was being implemented under the Dutch colonial regime. This is the first work to...

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Other Authors: Protschky, Susie (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
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Summary:This powerful study examines how contested notions of modernity, civilization and being governed were envisioned through photography in early twentieth-century Indonesia when a reform program known as the Ethical Policy was being implemented under the Dutch colonial regime. This is the first work to examine ethical ways of seeing through photography, a medium whose proliferation coincided with significant social and political change in colonial Indonesia.
Physical Description:280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789089646620
9089646620