REPRESENTING THE POOR WHITE: PHOTOGRAPHS, ENCOUNTERS, AND WHITENESS.

This paper examines historical researchers’ visual methods and argues that photographs, particularly those found in archives, are profoundly complicated by racial assumptions. It demonstrates this through a discussion of early twentieth-century photographs of ‘poor whites’ used by philanthropic orga...

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Published in:	South African Journal of Cultural History / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Kultuurgeskiedenis Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 104 - 127
Main Author:	Bottomley, Edward-John
Format:	Article
Published:	South African Society for Cultural History Jun2024
Subjects:	Research personnel Twentieth century Photographs Photography Poverty South Africa
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