The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada, Volume 4
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Contributors include Sarah Bassnett (University of Western Ontario), Lynne Bell (University of Saskatchewan), Jill Delaney (Library and Archives Canada), Robert Evans (Carleton University), Sherry Farrell Racette (University of Manitoba), Blake Fitzpatrick (Ryerson University), Vincent Lavoie (Universite du Quebec a Montreal), John O'Brian (University of British Columbia), James Opp (Carleton University), Joan M. Schwartz (Queen's University), Sarah Stacy (Library and Archives Canada), Jeffrey Thomas (Ottawa), and Carol Williams (Trent University/University of Lethbridge).

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An interdisciplinary inquiry into the history of the photograph in Canada.

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Carol Payne is assistant professor of art history, Carleton University. Andrea Kunard is associate curator at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa.

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"The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada is an invaluable contribution to critical scholarship on the social history of photography in Canada and, more broadly, to methodological and conceptual issues involved in researching photography. Editors Carol Payne and Andrea Kunard have produced a volume that is essential reading for scholars, curators, archivists, artists, and photographers studying the role of photography in the changing topography of national identity." CAA Reviews "The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada is a major achievement. The depth and quality of the scholarship that it presents are impressive and the whole is extremely fascinating." Cheryl Simon, Concordia University and Dawson College "A heroic project, long awaited by historians of photography in Canada and more generally by historians of visual culture. There is no other book that even begins to cover the field in such richness and depth." Sarah Parsons, Department of Visual Arts, Yo

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