'Of other spaces' - An analysis of visual representations of peripheral socio-cultural space in contemporary America. Joel Sternfeld's Hart Island series

Jubin, Michelle (2007) 'Of other spaces' - An analysis of visual representations of peripheral socio-cultural space in contemporary America. Joel Sternfeld's Hart Island series. MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

This thesis proposes to investigate the manner in which the visual representation of socially marginalised or 'hidden' space in contemporary America relates to the spatial theory and power/knowledge discourse in the work of Michel Foucault, and in particular Foucault's paper Des Espaces Autres/Of Other Spaces (1967), This thesis will specifically relate this theoretical base to representations of such 'heterotopias' in Joel Sternfeld's Hart Island (1998) series of photographs. Sternfeld's documentation of Hail: Island provides an opportunity to problematize contemporary photographic critical discourse in relation to Foucault's treatment of space, notions of the mirror-gaze, and the surveillance function. The intangibility of represented space offers the foundation upon which to deconstruct such stigmatized 'real' spaces within the wider socio-cultural canon.

• Item Type: Thesis (MPhil(R))
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Additional Information: Supported by funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK.
• Keywords: Art history, art criticism.
• Colleges/Schools: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > History of Art
• Supervisor's Name: Hopkins, Dr. David
• Date of Award: 2007
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:2007-71165
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 10 May 2019 10:49
• Last Modified: 08 Jul 2021 07:14
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.71165
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/71165