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American representations of Mexico in the early 1900s : stereographs portraying the other’s modernity and backwardness

Nordin, Kathya Ninette LU (2022) MHIK13 20212
Media History
Abstract
The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. It aims is to examine 25 selected stereographs through a visual analysis where images and text display a social dichotomy of Modernity and backwardness during Porfirian Mexico. The theoretical framework draws on Jonathan Crary’s work to understand the shift to modern visual culture in the 19th-century, and Edward Said’s Orientalism to comprehend how Western countries display the non-Western. The images... (More)
The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. It aims is to examine 25 selected stereographs through a visual analysis where images and text display a social dichotomy of Modernity and backwardness during Porfirian Mexico. The theoretical framework draws on Jonathan Crary’s work to understand the shift to modern visual culture in the 19th-century, and Edward Said’s Orientalism to comprehend how Western countries display the non-Western. The images portray contrasting inequalities or frame modernity. The stereographs were produced from an American perspective which served to construct stereotyped images of Mexico in the American visual culture. (Less)
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author
Nordin, Kathya Ninette LU
supervisor
organization
course
MHIK13 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Media History, Orientalism, Stereoscope, Visual analysis, Stereograph, Mexico, USA
language
English
id
9072284
date added to LUP
2022-01-24 13:05:18
date last changed
2022-01-24 13:05:18
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  abstract     = {{The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. It aims is to examine 25 selected stereographs through a visual analysis where images and text display a social dichotomy of Modernity and backwardness during Porfirian Mexico. The theoretical framework draws on Jonathan Crary’s work to understand the shift to modern visual culture in the 19th-century, and Edward Said’s Orientalism to comprehend how Western countries display the non-Western. The images portray contrasting inequalities or frame modernity. The stereographs were produced from an American perspective which served to construct stereotyped images of Mexico in the American visual culture.}},
  author       = {{Nordin, Kathya Ninette}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{American representations of Mexico in the early 1900s : stereographs portraying the other’s modernity and backwardness}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}