Edwards, Steve (2017) 5 blogposts for Fotomuseum Winthertur: 'The Fire Last Time: Documentary and Politics in 1970s Britain'. FotoMuseum Wintherthur, Switzerland.
Abstract
In a time of crisis and increasing anti-capitalism, I consider the meeting of the political Left with photography in Britain in the 1970s. In the process, I insist the fortunes of documentary and the visibility of social class are entwined. Beginning from a discussion of the critical fortunes of documentary over the last 30 years, I look at the interest in Brecht and the fall out from the so called neo-Brechtian moment. In the process, he re-evaluates theories and practices of documentary, engaging with a range of documentary work; conceptions of skill and collective production and women and labour. The final post Women & Work has been republished by Monthly Review on-line: https://mronline.org/2017/11/01/women-and-work/
Metadata
| Item Type: | Other |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Photography Research Centre, History and Theory of |
| Depositing User: | Steve Edwards |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2017 16:26 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:36 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/20203 |
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