Photographic Bodies and Biographical Narratives
The Finnish State Archaeologist Juhani Rinne in Pictures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12910380 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Immonen (0000-0002-7616-500X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-51 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Photography and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-4517 • E-ISSN: 1751-4525 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175145212x13233396185035 |
| OpenAlex | W2036966654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Although the new approaches of biographical writing and current theories on photography have similar tendencies, there are also frictions between them. They stem from the commitment of biography to concentrate on a certain person and his or her life course, in my case the life of the State Archaeologist Juhani Rinne (1872–1950). I present photographs of Rinne as a case study and focus on the tensions between biographical narrativity and photographic bodies. The pictures of the Rinne collection seem to be linked to each other only by his name and body. The concept “image-body” is used to denote this discursive setting, where a relation between lived and represented bodies is conceived in terms of knowledge and truth. Rinne's image-body draws attention to work and its constitutive position in performing academic masculinity. It resonates with discourses on nationalism and civilized men. The repeated, orderly poses combined with formal dress go beyond a simplistic dichotomy of private and public.Keywords: biographycorporealitynarrativityacademic masculinity
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Focus (optics · Literature · Masculinity · Narrative · Narrativity · Nationalism · Photography · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · State (computer science · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |