Photographic Portrait in the 19th Century – Uses and Functions in the Construction of Celebrities. The Case of Émile Zola
Photographic Portrait in the 19th Century – Uses and Functions in the Construction of Celebrities. The Case of Émile Zola
Author(s): Célia Vieira, Inês SantosSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: celebrity; photography; 19th century; Émile Zola;
Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this study is to establish a relationship between the use of the portrait and the concept of celebrity, at the end of the 19th century, taking as a corpus of analysis a set of requests for photographs sent by letter to Zola, from correspondents located in different parts of the world. It is intended, through a qualitative analysis of this collection, to identify the functionalities and contexts within this set of correspondents requested in these images, in order to understand the role that photography has taken in the symbolic construction process of this figure as a celebrity.
Journal: Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory
- Issue Year: 6/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 160-173
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English