ABSTRACT

Jo Spence was one of Britain's pioneering photographers. This book is the first to reflect her unique contribution to photography and photographic theory.

part |1 pages

CLASS, REALISM AND BEYOND

chapter 1|6 pages

THE POLITICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

chapter 2|7 pages

THE UNPOLITICAL PHOTOGRAPH?

chapter 3|5 pages

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, MUMMY?

chapter 4|4 pages

PROJECT ON IDENTITY

chapter 5|8 pages

THE SIGN AS A SITE OF CLASS STRUGGLE

chapter 7|8 pages

FAIRY TALES AND PHOTOGRAPHY

chapter 8|8 pages

AN OMNIBUS DOSSIER

chapter 9|11 pages

REMODELLING PHOTO-HISTORY

chapter 10|11 pages

TEN YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

chapter 11|12 pages

QUESTIONING DOCUMENTARY PRACTICE?

chapter |3 pages

NOTES TO PART ONE

part |1 pages

A CRISIS RISIS OF REPRESENTATION Health and Bodies

chapter 12|11 pages

The picture of health? Part 3

chapter 13|5 pages

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

chapter 14|9 pages

IDENTITY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION

chapter 15|5 pages

BODY BEAUTIFUL OR BODY IN CRISIS

chapter |2 pages

NOTES TO PART TWO

part |1 pages

IDENTITY, PHOTOGRAPHY, THERAPY

chapter 16|2 pages

NEW KNOTS, 1983

chapter 17|9 pages

THE POLITICS OF TRANSFORMATION

chapter 18|9 pages

‘COULD DO BETTER’…

chapter 19|18 pages

PHOTOTHERAPY

chapter 20|11 pages

PHOTOTHERAPY

chapter 21|6 pages

REWORKING THE FAMILY ALBUM

chapter 22|6 pages

THE DAUGHTER’S GAZE

chapter 23|2 pages

CLASS CONFUSION OR CULTURAL SOLIDARITY?

chapter 24|10 pages

CULTURAL SNIPER: PASSING/OUT

chapter 25|7 pages

THE ARTIST AND ILLNESS

chapter 26|4 pages

‘THE CRISIS PROJECT:

chapter |5 pages

NOTES TO PART THREE

chapter |3 pages

RECOMMENDED READING

chapter |3 pages

BY PUBLICATIONS BY JO SPENCE

chapter |2 pages

EXHIBITIONS BY JO SPENCE

chapter |1 pages

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