Contesting Visibility: Photographic Practices on the East African Coast

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Preface / Acknowledgements No access Pages 9 - 10
Chapter 1 Introduction No access Pages 11 - 26
Chapter 2 Providing the Context: The East African Coast No access Pages 27 - 46
Chapter 3 Polemic Encounters: Photography as a Medium and Object of Ethnographic Research No access Pages 47 - 64
Chapter 4 Textiles and Images: Photography as Unveiling No access Pages 65 - 86
Chapter 5 Creating Spectacles: Studio Photographers of the Indian Diaspora No access Pages 87 - 120
Chapter 6 Ambulant Photographers No access Pages 121 - 146
Chapter 7 The Bakor Studio and the "Aesthetics of Withdrawal" No access Pages 147 - 172
Chapter 8 Weddings, Photography, and the Aura of Modernity No access Pages 173 - 198
Chapter 9 Withdrawal of Life: Photography and Death No access Pages 199 - 218
Chapter 10 Iconoclastic Spirits No access Pages 219 - 240
Chapter 11 "Killer Panics" and Digital Photography No access Pages 241 - 248
Bibliography No access Pages 249 - 266