| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Visuality, Photography, and the Social History of Ireland, 1922-2000 -- 1: Beaches and Sunlight: Photograph Albums and Youthful Memories, c.1922-50 -- 2: Clasped Hands and Clear Complexions: Studio Portraits and Respectability, 1922-60 -- 3: Dark Rooms and Developing Fluid: Amateur Photographers, Photographic Clubs, and the Irish Landscape, 1945-70 -- 4: Community and Representation: Empowerment, Activism, and the Image, 1970-90 -- 5: Flesh and Blood Violence, Truth, and the Troubles, 1965-75 -- 6: Power and Place: Documentary Photography, Politics, and Perspective, 1970-95 -- Conclusion: Digital Analogue Images and the Appearance of Historical Distance -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Photographers often depict Ireland with bucolic rural landscapes, but during the twentieth century, men and women across Ireland picked up cameras to create and curate photographs revealing more complex and diverse images of Ireland. Snapshot Stories Uses diverse photographic archives, both professional and personal, to explore these stories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 10, 2020) |
| Subject |
Photography -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Photographers -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Social change -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Manners and customs
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Photographers
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Photography
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Social change
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068048
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| Subject |
Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0192555863 |
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9780192555861 |
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9780192555854 |
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0192555855 |
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9780191861857 |
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0191861855 |
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