Passport Photos

Name: Passport Photos
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ISBN: 9780520218178

ISBN-10: 0520218175

ISBN-13: 9780520218178

Edition: 2000

Authors: Amitava Kumar

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Passport Photos, a self-conscious act of artistic and intellectual forgery, is a report on the immigrant condition. A multigenre book combining theory, poetry, cultural criticism, and photography, it explores the complexities of the immigration experience, intervening in the impersonal language of the state.Passport Photosjoins books by writers like Edward Said and Trinh T. Minh-ha in the search for a new poetics and politics of diaspora. Organized as a passport,Passport Photosis a unique work, taking as its object of analysis and engagement the lived experience of post-coloniality--especially in the United States and India. The book is a collage, moving back and forth between places,…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Language


Photograph


Name


Place of Birth


Date of Birth


Profession


Nationality


Sex


Identifying Marks


Conclusion


Appendix 1


Appendix 2


Notes


List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Credits


Index