Coal Cultures - Derrick Price

Coal Cultures

Picturing Mining Landscapes and Communities

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Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-71646-2 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
Coal is the commodity that powered the technologies that made the modern world. It also brought about unique communities marked by a high degree of social solidarity and self-help. Mining was central to working class life, drawing rural populations into industrial labour, but it often took place in picturesque landscapes, so that its black spoil heaps became a central symbol of the degradation of pastoral life by the demands of an extractive industry. Throughout Europe and the USA photographers have pictured the characteristic landscapes of the industry, and continue to do so as strip mining devastates huge areas of land. Not only landscape photography but also documentary, portraiture, photojournalism and art photography have been used in order to portray mines and miners. This book presents three interlinked strands of investigation. The first is the way in which the production of coal created paradigmatic communities grounded in particular landscapes. The second concerns the role of photography in exploring, delineating and critiquing mining communities. This in turn involves an examination of the aesthetic and social characteristics of a number of genres of photography. Lastly, it considers the growth and decline of these sites, the geographic shift of the industry to other places, and the re-presentation of traditional localities through the lens of the heritage industry and industrial tourism.

Derrick Price is a freelance writer and independent scholar who has published widely on photography and film. He currently Chairs the Board of Ffotogallery, the photography agency of Wales.

Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction 1. Degradation and regeneration2. Images of miners3. Mining communities4. Fog, smog and pollution5. Strikes and conflict6. The new landscape of coal7. Heritage, memory and nostalgia ConclusionIndex

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Photography, Place, Environment
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 399 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Technik Bergbau
ISBN-10 0-367-71646-1 / 0367716461
ISBN-13 978-0-367-71646-2 / 9780367716462
Zustand Neuware
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