{"product_id":"the-visual-is-political-feminist-photography-and-countercultural-activity-in-1970s-britain-paperback-softback-9781978800311","title":"The Visual Is Political; Feminist Photography and Countercultural Activity in 1970s Britain (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978800311","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Visual Is Political\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFeminist Photography and Countercultural Activity in 1970s Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNa'ama Klorman-Eraqi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978800311\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 30 B-W illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePhotographs did much more than take on representations of women in 1970s Britain, which Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi demonstrates in her valuable contribution to feminist historiography. As a form of countermedia, feminist photography disrupted conventions of artistic production and display, illuminated power dynamics in public and private space, complicated theoretical debates, and framed a growing social movement identity. With attention to the street, the home, the museum, the media, and the government, this book offers an engaging, interdisciplinary account of aesthetics in politics that will undoubtedly appeal to scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Agatha Beins, co-editor of Women's Studies for the Future\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi brings together a number of important debates concerning the politics of representation in the 1970s and 1980s. Her lucid analysis and wide-ranging themes bring the feminist investments of artists and photographers in Britain to life. This is a timely and important book, which synthesizes information of a number of practices that have so far been peripheral to the history of art. \u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e will surely put these debates back into the spotlight.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Amy Tobin, co-editor of London Art Worlds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\" A seminal work of original and insightful scholarship [and] an extraordinary study that is enhanced for academia....Impressively informative and exceptional in organized and presentation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Midwest Book Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"'\u003e\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"' rel='\"bookmark\"' title='\"Permanent' link to recent books of interest women scholars\u003eRecent Books of Interest to Women Scholars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"'\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e— WIA Report\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.indiebookshops.com\/2019\/06\/01\/books-for-july-2019\/?fbclid=IwAR0fqqv20TfpiRLX_eMbVvHm4SDwxoBeh53bZG6nqFAL9m0fZ5AM69Fwxj8\"'\u003e\"Books for July 2019\" monthly round-up\u003cbr\u003e http:\/\/www.indiebookshops.com\/2019\/06\/01\/books-for-july-2019\/?fbclid=IwAR0fqqv20TfpiRLX_eMbVvHm4SDwxoBeh53bZG6nqFAL9m0fZ5AM69Fwxj8\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Indie Bookshops\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi makes a powerful statement with this book. She tackles power dynamics through aesthetic portrayals of politics in 1970's and 1980's Britain. This book packs a real punch.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Pretty Progressive\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A wide-ranging history of feminist photography as it unfolded, embracing documentary, activist and artistic practices.\" \u003c\/div\u003e— Source Thinking Through Photography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\" A seminal work of original and insightful scholarship [and] an extraordinary study that is enhanced for academia....Impressively informative and exceptional in organized and presentation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Midwest Book Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"'\u003e\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"' rel='\"bookmark\"' title='\"Permanent' link to recent books of interest women scholars\u003eRecent Books of Interest to Women Scholars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\"'\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.wiareport.com\/2019\/07\/recent-books-of-interest-to-women-scholars-77\/\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e— WIA Report\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A wide-ranging history of feminist photography as it unfolded, embracing documentary, activist and artistic practices.\" \u003c\/div\u003e— Source Thinking Through Photography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePhotographs did much more than take on representations of women in 1970s Britain, which Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi demonstrates in her valuable contribution to feminist historiography. As a form of countermedia, feminist photography disrupted conventions of artistic production and display, illuminated power dynamics in public and private space, complicated theoretical debates, and framed a growing social movement identity. With attention to the street, the home, the museum, the media, and the government, this book offers an engaging, interdisciplinary account of aesthetics in politics that will undoubtedly appeal to scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Agatha Beins, co-editor of Women's Studies for the Future\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi brings together a number of important debates concerning the politics of representation in the 1970s and 1980s. Her lucid analysis and wide-ranging themes bring the feminist investments of artists and photographers in Britain to life. This is a timely and important book, which synthesizes information of a number of practices that have so far been peripheral to the history of art. \u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e will surely put these debates back into the spotlight.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Amy Tobin, co-editor of London Art Worlds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi makes a powerful statement with this book. She tackles power dynamics through aesthetic portrayals of politics in 1970's and 1980's Britain. This book packs a real punch.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Pretty Progressive\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.indiebookshops.com\/2019\/06\/01\/books-for-july-2019\/?fbclid=IwAR0fqqv20TfpiRLX_eMbVvHm4SDwxoBeh53bZG6nqFAL9m0fZ5AM69Fwxj8\"'\u003e\"Books for July 2019\" monthly round-up\u003cbr\u003e http:\/\/www.indiebookshops.com\/2019\/06\/01\/books-for-july-2019\/?fbclid=IwAR0fqqv20TfpiRLX_eMbVvHm4SDwxoBeh53bZG6nqFAL9m0fZ5AM69Fwxj8\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Indie Bookshops\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e examines the growth of feminist photography as it unfolded in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s. This period in Britain was marked by instability following the collapse of the welfare state, massive unemployment, race riots, and workers' strikes. However, this was also a time in which various forms of social activism emerged or solidified, including the Women's Movement, whose members increasingly turned to photography as a tool for their political activism. Rather than focusing on the aesthetic quality of the images produced, Klorman-Eraqi looks at the application of feminist theory, photojournalism, advertising, photo montage, punk subculture and aesthetics, and politicized street activity to emphasize the statement and challenge that the photographic language of these works posed. She shows both the utilitarian uses of photography in activism, but also how these same photographers went on to be accepted (or co-opted) into the mainstream art spaces little by little, sometimes with great controversy. \u003ci\u003eThe Visual is Political\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the relevance and impact of an earlier contentious, creative, and politicized moment of feminism and photography as art and activism.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Feminist Photography and the Media \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Photography and the Street \/ Feminist Documentary \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Entering the Museum  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion and Afterthoughts \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681235628312,"sku":"9781978800311","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-visual-is-political-feminist-photography-and-countercultural-activity-in-1970s-britain-paperback-softback-9781978800311","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}