- 250 pages
- English
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Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement
About this book
By entering and critically re-activating the Zionist photographic archive established by the Division of Journalism and Propaganda of the Jewish National Fund, this research examines its rippling impact on civil landscapes prior to 1948 in Palestine, and its lasting impact on the region to date.
This study argues that the Zionist movement makes particular use of the machinery of the photographic archive, aiming to constitute the boundaries of Palestine as a Jewish state, claiming ownership over the land and announcing internationally the success of its enterprise, thus substantiating the image it sought to embed as the "reality" of the land. This archive was not stand-alone, as it was functioning in relation to a vast, complicated network of organizational systems and technologies, in the Middle East and across the world. Crucially, this system functioned as a national archive in future tense, for a nation-state that was not yet in existence, seeking to substantiate its regional authority and shape its cultural repository, outlining parameters for inclusion and exclusion from its civic space.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, photography history, visual culture, Jewish studies, Israel studies and Middle East studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Guards and the Archons
- Part 1 Photography in the “Holy Land” Before Zionism: Biblical Landscapes in Modernity
- Part 2 Between Body and Land: The Archival Machinery of the Jewish National Fund
- Part 3 Archival Constellations: Private, Institutional and Latent Systems in Palestine and the Jewish World
- Epilogue: The 1948 War and Beyond: The Rise of the National Archive
- Index