Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945)
The representation of bare-bodied Taiwanese aboriginal women was an essential theme in Japanese colonial photography. This article examines how Japanese anthropologists at the end of the nineteenth century–the main photographers of the aborigines–created photographic norms through their framing and...
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| description | The representation of bare-bodied Taiwanese aboriginal women was an essential theme in Japanese colonial photography. This article examines how Japanese anthropologists at the end of the nineteenth century–the main photographers of the aborigines–created photographic norms through their framing and placement of female bodies. It shows how these photographic themes were inspired by eighteenth-century Chinese chronicles of Taiwan and examines their influence on later generations of photographers, whose works were published in great numbers on postcards during the colonial period and circulated both within the Japanese empire and beyond. Together, these images constructed an image of a savage and timeless Taiwan on the margins of the Japanese empire. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34a915f2b6b8402f8ac9443bc402b9082022-12-22T04:38:35ZengInstitut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaiseEbisu: Études Japonaises2189-18932017-12-015421324710.4000/ebisu.2118Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945)Ju-Ling LeeThe representation of bare-bodied Taiwanese aboriginal women was an essential theme in Japanese colonial photography. This article examines how Japanese anthropologists at the end of the nineteenth century–the main photographers of the aborigines–created photographic norms through their framing and placement of female bodies. It shows how these photographic themes were inspired by eighteenth-century Chinese chronicles of Taiwan and examines their influence on later generations of photographers, whose works were published in great numbers on postcards during the colonial period and circulated both within the Japanese empire and beyond. Together, these images constructed an image of a savage and timeless Taiwan on the margins of the Japanese empire.http://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/2118TaiwanJapanColonial periodPhotographyChroniclesFemale body |
| spellingShingle | Ju-Ling Lee Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) Ebisu: Études Japonaises Taiwan Japan Colonial period Photography Chronicles Female body |
| title | Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) |
| title_full | Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) |
| title_fullStr | Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) |
| title_short | Quand la nudité féminine dit la sauvagerie : la représentation des aborigènes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise (1895-1945) |
| title_sort | quand la nudite feminine dit la sauvagerie la representation des aborigenes taiwanais dans la photographie coloniale japonaise 1895 1945 |
| topic | Taiwan Japan Colonial period Photography Chronicles Female body |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/2118 |
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