"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.
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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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