Inverting the lens: insider photography by the Manaja’a family, Humayma, Jordan

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dc.contributor.authorGordon Lanning, Robbyn Ellen Lorraine
dc.contributor.supervisorMilwright, Marcus
dc.contributor.supervisorWalsh, Andrea N.
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-22T16:30:28Z
dc.date.available2009-12-22T16:30:28Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-12-22T16:30:28Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of History in Arten
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I assert that photographs of Jordanian Bedouin produced by cultural insiders disrupt and challenge pan-Bedouin and romantic photographic constructions of Bedouin made by cultural outsiders. These outsiders, Western ethno-photographers and members of the Jordanian Hashemite monarchy, use photographs featuring visual symbols of Bedouin identity in order to legitimise claims to land, resources, and cultural capital. Data produced from collaborative action research (the creation of photography with a self-identifying Bedouin family from Humayma, Jordan) demonstrates an increasingly complex version of Jordanian Bedouin identity absent from outsider representations. This nuanced picture of Bedouin identity, while limited by its focus on a single family, may help contribute to further collaborative investigations of Bedouin identity in Jordan. This research has the potential to assist in the better understanding of the diverse social practices and concerns of Bedouin living in Jordan today.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/2012
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectBedouinen
dc.subjectphotographyen
dc.subjectethnographyen
dc.subjectidentityen
dc.subjectJordanen
dc.subjectHoweitaten
dc.subjectHashemiteen
dc.subjectself-representationen
dc.subjectcollaborative researchen
dc.subjectexpressive photographyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Communication and the Arts::Art--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropologyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Middle East--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Communication and the Arts::Arten
dc.titleInverting the lens: insider photography by the Manaja’a family, Humayma, Jordanen
dc.typeThesisen

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