This essay looks at a little studied genre of photographic albums—'peer albums'— created by young... more This essay looks at a little studied genre of photographic albums—'peer albums'— created by young Egyptian men and women through the middle decades of the twentieth century. These strongly gendered albums are characterized by the visual exclusion of social seniors, and were typically kept hidden from them. As photographic objects embedded in particular social relationships and contexts, these albums speak of how a classed and gendered self emerged in early-to mid-twentieth-century Egypt through a range of practices, of which photography-making (and album-making) was part. But photography also had its own agency in engendering new practices. The social efficacy of vernacular photographs was predicated on a combination of photographic indexical-ity and performativity. Through the making of such albums, young modernity-claiming Egyptians were asserting, performing and negotiating the parameters of their middle-class urbanity, their emerging positions as modern gendered subjects and as adolescents. Together with the range of peer activities in which they were embedded, these albums represented zones of autonomy free from patriarchal control, but still nested within larger patriarchal structures. Ultimately these albums show how particular historical subjects come to be through engagements with objects; and how patriarchy and individualism construct each other. Keywords photographic albums – snapshot photography – cross-dressing – Kodak – efendi – Egypt * I thank Walter Armbust, Wessam Soliman and the anonymous reviewers for their generosity. The images are taken from my private collection.
There exist hidden treasures in the Eastern Mediterranean, largely unrecognized and cared for by ... more There exist hidden treasures in the Eastern Mediterranean, largely unrecognized and cared for by an enlightened few. These treasures are not the artefacts, monuments and architectural wonders that normally come to mind when pondering the incredibly rich and long cultural history of the region, but photographs dating from the early history of the medium to the present day .
Page 1. "I am a Whore but I will be a Good Mother": On the Production and Consumption o... more Page 1. "I am a Whore but I will be a Good Mother": On the Production and Consumption of the Female Body in Modern Egypt Lucie Ryzova "Leave the male writers of Egypt and India to research and discuss the state ofwomen ...
This essay looks at a little studied genre of photographic albums—'peer albums'— created by young... more This essay looks at a little studied genre of photographic albums—'peer albums'— created by young Egyptian men and women through the middle decades of the twentieth century. These strongly gendered albums are characterized by the visual exclusion of social seniors, and were typically kept hidden from them. As photographic objects embedded in particular social relationships and contexts, these albums speak of how a classed and gendered self emerged in early-to mid-twentieth-century Egypt through a range of practices, of which photography-making (and album-making) was part. But photography also had its own agency in engendering new practices. The social efficacy of vernacular photographs was predicated on a combination of photographic indexical-ity and performativity. Through the making of such albums, young modernity-claiming Egyptians were asserting, performing and negotiating the parameters of their middle-class urbanity, their emerging positions as modern gendered subjects and as adolescents. Together with the range of peer activities in which they were embedded, these albums represented zones of autonomy free from patriarchal control, but still nested within larger patriarchal structures. Ultimately these albums show how particular historical subjects come to be through engagements with objects; and how patriarchy and individualism construct each other. Keywords photographic albums – snapshot photography – cross-dressing – Kodak – efendi – Egypt * I thank Walter Armbust, Wessam Soliman and the anonymous reviewers for their generosity. The images are taken from my private collection.
There exist hidden treasures in the Eastern Mediterranean, largely unrecognized and cared for by ... more There exist hidden treasures in the Eastern Mediterranean, largely unrecognized and cared for by an enlightened few. These treasures are not the artefacts, monuments and architectural wonders that normally come to mind when pondering the incredibly rich and long cultural history of the region, but photographs dating from the early history of the medium to the present day .
Page 1. "I am a Whore but I will be a Good Mother": On the Production and Consumption o... more Page 1. "I am a Whore but I will be a Good Mother": On the Production and Consumption of the Female Body in Modern Egypt Lucie Ryzova "Leave the male writers of Egypt and India to research and discuss the state ofwomen ...
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