Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography

Picturing Privilege
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-350-13235-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 625 g

This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of eugenics – which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University. Eugenics, "Aristogenics," Photography takes a closer look at how composite portraiture documented an idealized “reality” of the New England social-caste experience and explains how, when positioned in relation to the individual stories and portraits of members of the class, the portraits reveal points of non-conformity and rebellion with their own rhetoric.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Belden-Adams, Kris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Portraitdarstellung in der Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Besondere Themen und Arten der Fotografie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Harvard’s ‘Class’ Portraits: Composite Pictures and a New England ‘Aristogenic’ Agenda 3. A ‘Dandy’ Masculinity?: Establishing and Respecting Cisgender Norms, Using Photography 4. Social Poise, Demure Confidence: Swaying College Women to be the Essential Players in Positive Eugenics 5. Biometrics, Posture Pictures: ‘We Did What We Were Told’ 6. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Kris Belden-Adams is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Mississippi, USA.