The Extraordinary Archive of Arthur J. Munby: Photographing Class and Gender in the Nineteenth [PDF]

The Extraordinary Archive of Arthur J. Munby: Photographing Class and Gender in the Nineteenth Century
by Sarah Edge (Author)

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In the mid-1860s Arthur J Munby began to collect the first mass-produced photographic images of working-class women in England, recording fascinating details about the women, the places he purchased the photographs and the raging debates on this new commercial practice of photography, in accompanying diaries.Many of these images not to mention Munby s fascinating diaries have never been published before. This book examines this previously un-investigated archive, offering a fresh and arresting perspective on the interrelationships between photographic representations of working-class women, the creation of new identities of class and gender and the evolution of popular conceptions of photography itself.

Review`The Extraordinary Archive of Arthur J. Munby: Photographing Class and Gender in the Nineteenth Century explores a neglected aspect of photographic history -its development as a popular medium. Sarah Edge offers a close reading of Arthur Munby's substantial collection of photographs of working women and gives a thoughtful commentary on the diaries in which he discussed his project, probing the complexity of his cross-class encounters. Featuring many detailed examples, this highly original book explores the nature of photography itself, while conveying a vivid account of the working women in the nineteenth century. It is notable for the unprecedented detail of its research and the subtle and nuanced discussion of the relation between photography and cultural attitudes at a point in history when both were changing. The book offers a fascinating insight into the unstable relationships of gender and social class in mid-nineteenth- century England'. - Patricia Holland, Senior Lecturer, Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth University

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