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Author Moser, Gabrielle, author.

Title Projecting citizenship : photography and belonging in the British Empire / Gabrielle Moser.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Examines the relationship between photography and citizenship, through a comprehensive account of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee's lantern slide lecture scheme: a project initiated by the British government at the beginning of the twentieth century that aimed to photograph the entirety of the empire"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : citizenship in and out of sight -- The spectator : projecting imperial citizens in England and India -- The photographer : looking along the archival grain in Canada -- The subject : developing the image of the indentured laborer -- The archive : residues of noncitizens in the COVIC archive -- Conclusion : from imperial to global citizens, picturing citizenship in the present.
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Subject Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee.
Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Photography -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
Photography -- Political aspects.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Photography.
Citizenship -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
Citizenship.
Photography in education -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Photography in education.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Original 0271081279 9780271081274 (OCoLC)1034615764
ISBN 9780271082875 (electronic book)
0271082879 (electronic book)
9780271081274
0271081279