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Suspended conversations : the afterlife of memory in photographic albums / Martha Langford.

Title
Suspended conversations : the afterlife of memory in photographic albums / Martha Langford.
Author
Langford, Martha
Publication
Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

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Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne
Description
x, 241 p. : ill., ports.; 22 x 24 cm.
Summary
"In Suspended Conversations Martha Langford breathes life into photographic albums. These travelogues, memoirs, thematic collections, and family sagas embody the intimate preoccupations of their compilers and the great events of a golden photographic age, 1860 to 1960. Langford also traces the influence of photograph albums on the installations, photo narratives, and photo sequences of contemporary artists. Whether dealing with art, museum archives, or the family heirloom, Suspended Conversations bring photography into the great conversation about how we remember our stories and send them into the future."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne
  • 1850-1900
  • 1900-1950
  • Geschichte 1860-1960
  • Photograph albums > Social aspects
  • Oral tradition
  • Photographs in genealogy
  • Photography in historiography
  • Photographies > Aspect social
  • Tradition orale
  • Photographies en généalogie
  • Photographie en historiographie
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Note
  • Based on a collection of albums, compiled 1860-1960, held by the McCord Museum of Canadian History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface: Hellohellohello -- Introduction: show and tell -- The idea of album -- The album as collection -- Memoirs and travelogues -- The idea of family -- Orality and photography -- "Photographs" 1916 -- 1945 -- Conclusion: Remembering to tell -- App. 1. A Note on the photographic collections at the McCord Museum of Canadian History -- App. 2. The Photographic albums illustrated in the text.
ISBN
0773521747 :
OCLC
  • 45190601
  • SCSB-10964694
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library