{"product_id":"the-familial-gaze","title":"The Familial Gaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the introduction of the \"Kodak\" in 1888  the family photograph has become the familys primary instrument of self-knowledge and representation-the means by which family memory is continued and perpetuated. Such pictures tend to follow rigid conventions which seem to consolidate and perpetuate dominant familial myths and ideologies  supporting a self-representation of the family as stable and happy  static and monolithic. InThe Familial Gaze  22 experts-some themselves photographers  while others are writers  critics  theorists and filmmakers-scrutinize family photographs to reveal their power to shape our personal memories and self-conceptions  and expose the cultural impact of private images. But these writers also show the often surprising and imaginative resistance of such photographs to social and aesthetic conventions. This startlingly original book reveals family photography to be a truly compelling and new field of inquiry. The result is a pathbreaking exploration of the centrality of the photographic image in contemporary visual aesthetics  and an analysis that will now stand at the forefront of contemporary cultural theory.  CONTRIBUTORS: Elizabeth Abel  Mieke Bal  Dick Blau  Ann Burlein  Albert Chong  Jane Gallop  Anne Higonnet  Marianne Hirsch  Annette Kuhn  Joanne Leonard  Andrea Liss  Deborah McDowell  Nancy Miller  Lorie Novak  Valerie Smith  Art Spiegelman  Leo Spitzer  Marita Sturken  Larry Sultan  Ernst van Alphen  Laura Wexler  Deborah Willis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964032544821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0874518954","price":291.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780874518955.jpg?v=1770446132","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-familial-gaze","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}