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04035aam a22005298i 4500 001 06BDB3BEC48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230317010022 008 220406t20232023njua b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1978830491 020 $a 9781978830493 020 $a 1978830483 020 $a 9781978830486 035 $a (OCoLC)1312655421 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ct $a n-us--- $a n-us-ct 050 04 $a GV1785.R335 $b S56 2023 082 00 $a 792.802/8092 $2 23/eng/20220422 100 1 $a Sinha, Ajay J., $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Photo-attractions : $b an Indian dancer, an American photographer, and a German camera / $c Ajay J. Sinha. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 255 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 27 cm 500 $a Commentary on and selections from black and white photographs by Carl Van Vechten from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. 505 0 $a The photo studio -- The dancer -- The photographer -- The camera -- Photo-dance -- Afterimages. 520 $a "In Spring 1938, an Indian dancer named Ram Gopal and an American writer-photographer named Carl Van Vechten came together for a photoshoot in New York City. Ram Gopal was a pioneer of classical Indian dance and Van Vechten was reputed as a prominent white patron of the African-American movement called the Harlem Renaissance. Photo-Attractions describes the interpersonal desires and expectations of the two men that took shape when the dancer took pose in exotic costumes in front of Van Vechten's Lecia camera. The spectacular images provide a rare and compelling record of an underrepresented history of transcultural exchanges during the interwar years of early-20th century, made briefly visible through photography. Art historian Ajay Sinha uses these hitherto unpublished photographs and archival research to raise provocative and important questions about photographic technology, colonial histories, race, sexuality and transcultural desires. Challenging the assumption that Gopal was merely objectified by Van Vechten's Orientalist gaze, he explores the ways in which the Indian dancer co-authored the photos. In Sinha's reading, Van Vechten's New York studio becomes a promiscuous contact zone between world cultures, where a "photo-erotic" triangle is formed between the American photographer, Indian dancer, and German camera. A groundbreaking study of global modernity, Photo-Attractions brings scholarship on American photography, literature, race and sexual economies into conversation with work on South Asian visual culture, dance, and gender. In these remarkable historical documents, it locates the pleasure taken in cultural difference that still resonate today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Ram Gopal, $d 1917- $v Portraits. 650 0 $a Dancers $z India $x Portraits. 650 0 $a Portrait photography. 600 10 $a Van Vechten, Carl, $d 1880-1964. 650 0 $a Photographers $z United States. 650 0 $a Harlem Renaissance. 610 20 $a Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library $x Photograph collections. 600 07 $a Ram Gopal, $d 1917- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00018612 600 17 $a Van Vechten, Carl, $d 1880-1964. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029088 610 27 $a Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00547460 650 7 $a Harlem Renaissance. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00951467 650 7 $a Photograph collections. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01061600 650 7 $a Photographers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01061605 650 7 $a Portrait photography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01072259 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Portraits. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423831 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=06BDB3BEC48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search