Publication: La fotografía como legitimadora de la institución familiar, médica, y policial en el siglo XIX
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2010
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Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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El descubrimiento de la fotografía a mediados del siglo XIX, vino a apoyar ciertas prácticas discursivas relacionadas con la familia, la medicina y las instituciones penitenciarias. La fotografía surgió en el momento en que las teorías socialistas y las luchas obreras se extendieron en Francia e Inglaterra en su intento de reformar el sistema social existente. El desarrollo de la fotografía también fue coetáneo de las teorías científicas y filosóficas como la fisiognomía o la frenología que abogaban por una explicación más exacta de la realidad, técnica que ayudó a establecer cuáles eran los sujetos “desviados” y “enfermos” de “los normales” o “sanos”. Estas teorías se posicionaron como un instrumento de poder por parte de quienes lo detentaban y poseían sobre los que no tenían ninguna posibilidad de poseerlo ni utilizarlo, en un momento en el que se estaban produciendo el desarrollo de la economía de mercado que colocó a Francia e Inglaterra como potencias en el panorama internacional.
The invention of photography in the nineteenth century became a means to support sayings and practices related to family as well as to medical and penal institutions. Photography appeared at the same time as socialist theories and workers’ struggles in France and England which attempted to reform social systems. The development of photography was also contemporary of the scientific and philosophical theories such as physiognomy or phrenology which advocated a more accurate explanation of reality, technique that helped distinguish who were the “deviant” and “unhealthy” people from the “normal” or “healthy” ones. Such theories became instruments of power for those who claimed controlling them over those who had no chance to possess them, at a time when the development of market economy enhanced France´s and Great Britain´s position in the international arena.
The invention of photography in the nineteenth century became a means to support sayings and practices related to family as well as to medical and penal institutions. Photography appeared at the same time as socialist theories and workers’ struggles in France and England which attempted to reform social systems. The development of photography was also contemporary of the scientific and philosophical theories such as physiognomy or phrenology which advocated a more accurate explanation of reality, technique that helped distinguish who were the “deviant” and “unhealthy” people from the “normal” or “healthy” ones. Such theories became instruments of power for those who claimed controlling them over those who had no chance to possess them, at a time when the development of market economy enhanced France´s and Great Britain´s position in the international arena.
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Fotografía, Instituciones sociales, Siglo XIX, Cuerpo, Enfermedad, Photography, Social Institutions, Nineteenth century, Body, Illness
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Val Cubero, A. La fotografía como legitimadora de la institución familiar, médica, y policial en el siglo XIX. RIPS. Revista de Investigaciones Políticas y Sociológicas. Vol. 9, n. 1 (2010), 101-109