On Different Sides of the Studio: Chinese Male and Female Sitters in Montreal's Photographic Portraiture, Pre Exclusion Era (1885-1923)
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On Different Sides of the Studio: Chinese Male and Female Sitters in Montreal's Photographic Portraiture, Pre Exclusion Era (1885-1923)
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The author examines familial portrait in photography of Chinese Montrealers between 1885, the year Parliament enacted the Chinese Immigration Act placing a fixed fee (Head Tax) on Chinese immigrants to discourage their immigration, and 1923, when Parliament enacted a new Chinese Immigration Act prohibiting all Chinese immigration into Canada. The author points out that after 1923, wives and family in China were debarred from settling in Canada, physically divorced from their husbands until the repeal of the act in 1947. The author presents a case study that examines seven studio photographs of Chinese Canadian female, male and couples in Montreal's pre-exclusion era, which, she argues, multifariously yet consistently imply familial discord within the Montreal Chinese community.
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Chrysalis: A Critical Student Journal of Transformative Art History
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Vol. 1
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no. 1
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77-90
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Fall 2014
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en
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Wing, Emily. “On Different Sides of the Studio: Chinese Male and Female Sitters in Montreal’s Photographic Portraiture, Pre Exclusion Era (1885-1923).” Chrysalis: A Critical Student Journal of Transformative Art History Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 2014): 77–90. http://www.blackcanadianstudies.com/cms/chrysalis_journal_fall_2014_final.pdf.
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