The Portrayal of Gender in Health Care: An Examination of Hospital Photographic Archives
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The Portrayal of Gender in Health Care: An Examination of Hospital Photographic Archives
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| Abstract |
The author examines photographic archives available at Montreal’s McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Archives and Special Collections, exploring the image the institution’s records creators conveyed through the production and dissemination of photographs depicting doctors, nurses, other health care professionals, and volunteers. The author discusses the dynamics of power at play in these institutional photographs and uses a gendered frame of reference to confront the power of institutional authorities in their capacity as creators of records and records-creation frameworks. He uses this perspective to evaluate the scope of the archival photographic collection at the MUHC Archives and Special Collections and to conceive subsequent ensuing archival interventions. The author uses critical visual literacy and deconstructionist approaches, highlighting different archival paradigms that can activate the archival collection and help construct an archival environment that will enable counter-narratives.
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Archivaria: The Journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists
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Vol. 90
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6-43
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Fall 2020
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en
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Dansereau, François. “The Portrayal of Gender in Health Care: An Examination of Hospital Photographic Archives.” Archivaria: The Journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists Vol. 90 (Fall 2020): 6–43. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13753/15149.
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