Liberal Arts Faculty Books
Title
Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography: Picturing Privilege
Files
Description
This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class portraits and the field of Eugenics – which first took hold in the United States at Harvard University. Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography takes a closer look at how composite portraiture documented an idealized “reality” of the New England social-caste experience and explains how, when positioned in relation to the individual stories and portraits of members of the class, the portraits reveal points of non-conformity and rebellion with their own rhetoric.
Publication Date
6-25-2020
Relational Format
book
Department
Art and Art History
Disciplines
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Recommended Citation
Belden-Adams, Kris, "Eugenics, 'Aristogenics', Photography: Picturing Privilege" (2020). Liberal Arts Faculty Books. 216.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/libarts_book/216