Searching for Mary Schäffer
University of Alberta Press (Verlag)
978-1-77212-298-5 (ISBN)
Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, botanical painter, and mapmaker from Philadelphia, well known for her travels in the Canadian Rockies and Japan at the turn of the twentieth century. In Searching for Mary Schäffer, Colleen Skidmore takes up Schäffer’s own resonant themes—women and wilderness, travel and science—to ask new questions, tell new stories, and reassess the persona of Mary Schäffer imagined in more recent times. Public and private archival collections in the United States and Canada set the stage for this engrossing exploration of Schäffer’s creative, collaborative, and competitive enterprise amid the cultural complexities of Philadelphia’s science and photography communities, and the scientific, tourist, and Indigenous societies of the Rocky Mountains of Canada.
“In this impressive book, Colleen Skidmore uses her considerable skills as a social historian of photography to shed new light on the remarkable life of Mary Schäffer. She knows the stories, the characters, and presents a social history that is fresh and convincing. Skidmore’s conclusion is brilliant and will certainly serve as a catalyst for further research and study of Mary Schäffer.” Donna Livingstone, President and CEO, Glenbow Museum
Colleen Skidmore is a photography historian and Professor at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on women’s photographic practices and archives of women in photography in North America from 1860 to 1920. She is the editor of This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada (UAP).
Acknowledgements
Author’s Note on Names
1 She Who Colored Slides
Exploring, Challenging, and Comprehending
Women
Wilderness
Photography
Rethinking Mary Schäffer Studies
2 Philadelphia, Paris, and the Rocky Mountains of Canada, 1889–1903
Photography in Philadelphia
Photography Aesthetics and the Photographic Society of Philadelphia
Exhibition of American Women Photographers
Botany
Beauty, Realism, and Mountain Landscapes
3 The Rocky Mountains of Canada, 1904–1906
1903: Wealth and Widowhood
1904: Meeting Molly Adams
Civilization and Wilderness
1906: Imagination, Literary Licence, and Five Women on the Trail
Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies
4 Maligne Lake, 1907–1911
Seeking Chaba Imne
Finding Chaba Imne
The Beaver Family
Photographing the Beaver Family
Sketching Chaba Imne
Surveying Maligne Lake
Mistaken Identity
5 Japan, 1908–1909, and Banff, 1909–1939
Interest in Things Japanese, October 1908–January 1909
Photographing in Ainu and Atayal Villages
Writing the Rockies, 1909–1939
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Mary T.S. Schäffer and Families
Appendix 2: Mary W. (Molly) Adams and Family
Notes
Bibliography
Illustrations and Permissions
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1076 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-77212-298-X / 177212298X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-77212-298-5 / 9781772122985 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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