Rianne Siebenga
Biographic Data
| ID | 153941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rianne Siebenga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rianne |
| FAMILY NAME | Siebenga |
| SIGNATURE | SIEBENGA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Crafts and industry in early films of British India
Films showing industrial processes or crafts were popular topics in early cinema. However in the case of British India, these films were part of a larger discourse in which India was admired for its traditional crafts, while for the development of modern industries the initiative and management of the British were considered necessary. Craft films of India are therefore always constructed as album films – giving a glimpse of what is involved in t…
Picturing Muharram
The festival of Muharram had a central place in British colonial discourses on India as it was both a site of fascination and fear. While in textual discussions the fearsome aspect invariably came to the fore, in contemporaneous images of Muharram on magic lantern slides, on postcards or in film, fear was rarely depicted, although Muharram was never shown as being out of colonial control. Images tended to focus on Muharram as an attractive specta…
Colonial India's "Fanatical Fakirs" and their Popular Representations
Reaching wide and diverse audiences, magic lantern shows and postcards played an important role in the dissemination of visual knowledge of other cultures in the British colonial era. Fakirs were a popular subject of postcards and lantern slides representing India. This reflected the official attention paid to religious ascetics who were seen as representative of everything that was problematic and in need of improvement in the country in colonia…
Crafts and industry in early films of British India
Films showing industrial processes or crafts were popular topics in early cinema. However in the case of British India, these films were part of a larger discourse in which India was admired for its traditional crafts, while for the development of modern industries the initiative and management of the British were considered necessary. Craft films of India are therefore always constructed as album films – giving a glimpse of what is involved in t…
Colonial India's "Fanatical Fakirs" and their Popular Representations
Reaching wide and diverse audiences, magic lantern shows and postcards played an important role in the dissemination of visual knowledge of other cultures in the British colonial era. Fakirs were a popular subject of postcards and lantern slides representing India. This reflected the official attention paid to religious ascetics who were seen as representative of everything that was problematic and in need of improvement in the country in colonia…
Picturing Muharram
The festival of Muharram had a central place in British colonial discourses on India as it was both a site of fascination and fear. While in textual discussions the fearsome aspect invariably came to the fore, in contemporaneous images of Muharram on magic lantern slides, on postcards or in film, fear was rarely depicted, although Muharram was never shown as being out of colonial control. Images tended to focus on Muharram as an attractive specta…
Crafts and industry in early films of British India
Films showing industrial processes or crafts were popular topics in early cinema. However in the case of British India, these films were part of a larger discourse in which India was admired for its traditional crafts, while for the development of modern industries the initiative and management of the British were considered necessary. Craft films of India are therefore always constructed as album films – giving a glimpse of what is involved in t…
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