To free China from the intrusion of aliens? Photography and the public history of the Boxer Uprising

Emma Reisz

To free China from the intrusion of aliens? Photography and the public history of the Boxer Uprising

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

This paper explores Western responses to the Boxer Uprising through photography of the conflict and its aftermath. Between 1899 and 1901, tens of thousands of Chinese and several thousand foreigners died during a series of anti-Western uprisings in China. The conflict was documented not just by professional photographers, but also by a significant number of amateur photographers living in China at the turn of the century. This paper helps to reconstruct Westerners’ response to the conflict by focusing on photography for and by Westerners living in China.

Original language	English
Publication status	Unpublished - 25 May 2018
Event	People's Histories? Photography, Public History and Museums - Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 25 May 2018 → 25 May 2018 http://go.qub.ac.uk/cph-photos

Conference

Conference	People's Histories? Photography, Public History and Museums
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	25/05/2018 → 25/05/2018
Internet address	http://go.qub.ac.uk/cph-photos

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