The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century

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Autor(a) principal: Correa, Silvio Marcus de Souza
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Afro-Ásia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/43002
Resumo: Colonial images of Africa include a strange set of photos depicting “sick bodies”. Photography was an efficient visual resource in constructing anideological justification of the “civilizing mission” of a self-proclaimed “altruistic” and “scientific” colonialism. By analyzing photographs of Africans suffering from Hansen’s disease in the first half of the twentieth century, we unravel the relationship between this “leprous Africa” and the coalescing interests of missionaries, physicians, and colonial authorities. Based on images from international archives, this study approaches the visual derogatory representation of African alterity, to which photography lent its “objectivity” and contributed to the spectacularization of the suffering of others.
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spelling The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th CenturyA espetacularização do sofrimento dos outros pelas fotografias da hanseníase na África da primeira metade do século XXÁfricaHanseníaseFotografiasPropagandaColonialismoAfricaHansen’s diseasePhotographyPropagandaColonialismColonial images of Africa include a strange set of photos depicting “sick bodies”. Photography was an efficient visual resource in constructing anideological justification of the “civilizing mission” of a self-proclaimed “altruistic” and “scientific” colonialism. By analyzing photographs of Africans suffering from Hansen’s disease in the first half of the twentieth century, we unravel the relationship between this “leprous Africa” and the coalescing interests of missionaries, physicians, and colonial authorities. Based on images from international archives, this study approaches the visual derogatory representation of African alterity, to which photography lent its “objectivity” and contributed to the spectacularization of the suffering of others.Na iconografia colonial sobre a África, há um conjunto heteróclito de fotografias sobre “corpos enfermos”. A fotografia foi um recurso visual eficiente para justificar ideologicamente a “missão civilizatória” de um colonialismo autoproclamado “altruísta” e “científico”. A análise de fotografias sobre a hanseníase no continente africano na primeira metade do século XX permite deslindar a relação entre a construção imagética de uma “África leprosa” e a coalescência de interesses de missionários, médicos e demais autoridades coloniais. Com base em imagens de arquivos estrangeiros, o estudo aborda a visualidade de uma representação negativa da alteridade africana, para a qual a fotografia emprestou sua “objetividade” e concorreu para a espetacularização do sofrimento dos outros.UFBA2021-11-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionDouble-blid peer-reviewed articleArtigo avaliado por pares em regime de duplo anonimatoapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/4300210.9771/aa.v0i64.43002Afro-Ásia; No. 64 (2021); 140-182Afro-Ásia; n. 64 (2021); 140-1821981-14110002-0591reponame:Afro-Ásia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)instacron:UFBAporhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/43002/25528Copyright (c) 2021 Silvio Marcus de Souza Correahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCorrea, Silvio Marcus de Souza2022-06-21T15:23:15Zoai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/43002Revistahttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasiaPUBhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/oaiafroasia@ufba.br1981-14110002-0591opendoar:2022-06-21T15:23:15Afro-Ásia (Online) - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
A espetacularização do sofrimento dos outros pelas fotografias da hanseníase na África da primeira metade do século XX
title The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
spellingShingle The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
Correa, Silvio Marcus de Souza
África
Hanseníase
Fotografias
Propaganda
Colonialismo
Africa
Hansen’s disease
Photography
Propaganda
Colonialism
title_short The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_full The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_fullStr The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_full_unstemmed The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_sort The Spectacularization of the Suffering of Others in Leprosy Photos from Africa, in the First Half of the 20th Century
author Correa, Silvio Marcus de Souza
author_facet Correa, Silvio Marcus de Souza
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Correa, Silvio Marcus de Souza
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv África
Hanseníase
Fotografias
Propaganda
Colonialismo
Africa
Hansen’s disease
Photography
Propaganda
Colonialism
topic África
Hanseníase
Fotografias
Propaganda
Colonialismo
Africa
Hansen’s disease
Photography
Propaganda
Colonialism
description Colonial images of Africa include a strange set of photos depicting “sick bodies”. Photography was an efficient visual resource in constructing anideological justification of the “civilizing mission” of a self-proclaimed “altruistic” and “scientific” colonialism. By analyzing photographs of Africans suffering from Hansen’s disease in the first half of the twentieth century, we unravel the relationship between this “leprous Africa” and the coalescing interests of missionaries, physicians, and colonial authorities. Based on images from international archives, this study approaches the visual derogatory representation of African alterity, to which photography lent its “objectivity” and contributed to the spectacularization of the suffering of others.
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