{"product_id":"9781526181695","title":"Photographic afterlives","description":"Author: Katarzyna Falecka\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526181695\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhotographic afterlives \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexplores the cultural, social and political contexts in which photographs from the Algerian War of Independence (19541962) emerge in contemporary art and photobooks. \u003c\/b\u003eIt situates these practices against the backdrop of the wider archival turn in the humanities and the ongoing debates about archives in Algeria. Tracing the movement of historical photographs across multiple spaces, the book unravels the subsequent layers of meaning accrued by these images. It argues that as much as archival contemporary art performs an inquiry into the past, it equally speaks volumes about the distinct and ever-shifting needs of the present. Focused on the work of artists and photographers who excavate side-lined histories of the war, remediate well-known narratives and imagine histories that cannot be recovered from archives, \u003ci\u003ePhotographic afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e shows the great potential of archives of decolonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920561684638,"sku":"ING-9781526181695","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526181695.jpg?v=1782823958","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526181695","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}